‘Readings on Race’ to discuss black criminality

Strong views about the “threat of the black race” and discussion about the ideas of black criminality will heat up the Indiana Memorial Union today.

Assistant professor of history Khalil Gibran Muhammad will lecture about his book “The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America” at 6:30 p.m. today in the Whittenberger Auditorium as part of the “Readings on Race” series, sponsored by the student group One IU.

The series will feature four different lectures by various discussion panels and departments. It will encompass a variety of topics including those about music, crime, culture and the diaspora of different ethnic backgrounds.

Muhammad’s book was described by a reviewer as highlighting information about the social construction of black criminality.

A student panel-led discussion and book signing at 8 p.m. in the Georgian Room at the IMU will follow Muhammad’s presentation of his book.