Neither Left nor Right: A Different Approach on Race

Event Details

Part of a new American Forum special series in Spring 2015

What Now? Dialogues on Race in America

Television Broadcast: May 31, 2014

FREDRICK C. HARRIS and ROBERT C. LIEBERMAN are the co-authors of Beyond Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in a Post-Racist Era. Harris is professor of political science and directs the Center on African-American Politics and Society at Columbia University. His research interests include American politics with a focus on race and politics, political participation, social movements, religion and politics, political development, and African-American politics. Harris’s books include Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism and The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Fall of Black Politics. His essays have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the London Review of Books. As provost of Johns Hopkins University, Lieberman is responsible for promoting and coordinating the university’s teaching and research mission. He previously served as interim dean of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and as professor of political science and public affairs. Lieberman is a well-known scholar on issues of race and politics in America, social welfare policy, and the welfare state. His books include Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State and Shaping Race Policy: The United States in Comparative Perspective.