Symposium on “The Politics of the Multiracial Right”

Event time: 
Friday, September 20, 2024 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: 
Sterling Memorial Library (SML ), Lecture Hall See map
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

ISPS/RITM/CSAP COSPONSORED EVENT

In the Los Angeles suburbs a ‘Filipinos for Trump’ rally attracts hundreds. On the south side of Chicago, Black conservative activists open the “Booker T Washington and Ida B Wells Renaissance Center” to recruit new voters for the local GOP. Conservative groups like the Koch Brothers pour millions into programs to train and recruit Latinos while the Proud Boys draw growing numbers of men of color into their leadership. A new wave of Black and Latino candidates win election to Congress across the country, some running as proud MAGA champions. Polls now point to growing support for the Trump campaign among many voters of color.

These trends have unfolded even as the GOP has moved sharply rightward on a wide range of racialized policy issues, including affirmative action, voting rights, immigration, public safety, housing, and reproductive justice.

To make sense of this rapidly changing terrain, this symposium brings together leading journalists, scholars, and advocates to examine the shifting dynamics of race in conservative political formations.

Please register in advance at https://www.politicsmultiracialright.org/.

This symposium is organized by Daniel Martinez HoSang, Joseph Lowndes, Minali Aggarwal, and Micah English.

Funding is provided by the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM), the Center for the Study of American Politics (CSAP), and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) at Yale University.