
Racist by Design: In Conversation with Kelly Lytle Hernández & Bill Deverell
· 12:00 PM
About this event
ICW is proud to present Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández, Professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA, in conversation with Bill Deverell about her new book, Racist by Design. Drawing on decades of historical research, Lytle Hernández reveals how generations of lawmakers and law enforcement officials deliberately shaped the U.S. immigration system to encourage white immigration while targeting nonwhite migrants for exclusion, criminalization, and deportation. Exposing the racial foundations of immigration policy and its enduring consequences, this conversation will…
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