In this fourth Dialogue in the Designing for Public Life program series, Mabel O. Wilson will present her thoughts on how the history of the United States has always been directly tied to the history of race. Wilson will present a primer on the nation’s history of race and public space to better understand what race is, where it comes from, and how it intersects with what is public. Reflecting on globalization and the current social construct of racial differences that establishes a range of hierarchies, she will review the complicated relationship of race and public space. By reviewing examples in NYC’s public realm and elsewhere, Wilson will speak about race as a framework of power that impacts how we live and work.
