{"id":38747,"date":"2020-04-21T10:37:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T14:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=38747"},"modified":"2020-04-21T10:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T14:38:50","slug":"gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-racism-and-democracy-also-biographer-david-nasaw-on-the-moguls-joseph-p-kennedy-andrew-carnegie-and-william-randolph-hearst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/04\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-racism-and-democracy-also-biographer-david-nasaw-on-the-moguls-joseph-p-kennedy-andrew-carnegie-and-william-randolph-hearst.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>GC CUNY Keeps the Conversation Going:<\/strong> <br><em>Racism and Democracy; also biographer <br>David Nasaw on the moguls Joseph P. Kennedy,<br> Andrew Carnegie, and William Randolph Hearst<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>While events are postponed at&nbsp;<strong>The Graduate Center of the City University of New York&nbsp;<\/strong>in the heart of Manhattan, videos of recent public programs from its archive will be featured here for your enjoyment. The videos offer illuminating discussions in two main categories: insights into current events and conversations with leading writers and artists<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"167\" data-attachment-id=\"38692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/gc-presents-banner-750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GC PRESENTS banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750-300x67.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GC-PRESENTS-banner-750-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Racism undermines the very foundations of democracy. From systematic discrimination to the rise in white supremacy, racist currents in our society prevent the free and equal participation of all. <strong>Johnnetta Betsch Cole<\/strong>, president of the National Council of Negro Women and former president of Spelman College, moderates an urgent panel discussion delving into causes and solutions.  Featuring:&nbsp;<strong>Jelani Cobb<\/strong>, staff writer at The New Yorker;<strong> Jessie Daniels<\/strong>, author of&nbsp;<em>Cyber Racism<\/em>&nbsp;and professor at Hunter College and The Graduate Center in sociology, critical social psychology, and Africana studies;&nbsp;<strong>Mary Hooks<\/strong>, co-director of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South; and&nbsp;<strong>Bitta Mostofi<\/strong>, commissioner of the Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs, New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Racism and Democracy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-yXn2TXEeE?start=17&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Presented on October 23, 2019, as part of the series \u201cThe Promise and Perils of Democracy.\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>+  +  +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In telling the stories of three powerful men (Andrew Carnegie, William Randolph Hearst, and Joseph P. Kennedy), <strong>David Nasaw<\/strong> discovered that individuals, no matter how rich and politically influential, do not make history by themselves. Nasaw\u2014who is the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Distinguished Professor at The Graduate Center\u2014reveals what he learned about the exercise and limits of power, in the 12th Annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture. His highly acclaimed and best-selling books include <em>The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy; Andrew Carnegie; <\/em>and <em>The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Nasaw: My Three Moguls\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fD9kDHvIs74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Presented at the CUNY Graduate Center on September 25, 2019, with the Leon Levy Center for Biography.  <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/04\/gc-cuny-keeps-the-conversation-going-workers-marlon-james-on-fantasy-fiction.html\"><em>Workers &amp; Wages with Paul Krugman;&nbsp;Marlon James on Fantasy Fiction<\/em> <\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While events are postponed at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York in the heart of Manhattan, videos of recent public programs from its archive will be featured here for your enjoyment. 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