Color Lines: Toward More Effective Racial Justice by Hugh Taft-Morales
Speaker: Hugh Taft-Morales
W. E. B. DuBois famously declared that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the colour-line.” This line cut deeply into DuBois, cleaving his body, mind, and soul in two, creating a painful “double-consciousness.” Fredrick Douglass, however, spoke of the color line primarily as outside of himself, a boundary drawn between races which divides the “haves” from the “have nots.” Hugh Taft-Morales explores ways to process many types of “color lines” so that contemporary racial justice work can proceed more inclusively and effectively. Hugh Taft-Morales is Leader of the Philadelphia Ethical Society, a humanist community dedicated to honoring the worth and dignity of every human being, cultivating character, nurturing ethical relationships and caring networks, building community capacity, and social justice.
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