In recent years Brazilians have demonstrated a sudden and newfound tendency to change their racial identifications and adopt nonwhite (and especially black) identities. I argue this sudden change can be attributed to state-led educational expansion for lower classes, which has increased their personal exposure to racialized inequalities and discrimination. Drawing on in-depth interviews and national survey data, I elaborate and specify mechanisms through which educational access impacts racial subjectivity and patterns of identification. Ultimately, I aim to show how expanded access to social citizenship benefits has reshaped racial identities and helped to foment a growing racial consciousness in Brazil.

David De Micheli is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah. His current book project examines the consequences of educational expansion for the politicization of racial identities and inequalities in Brazil. His current research is published or is forthcoming in World Politics and Latin American Politics and Society.

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Professor Maximo Langer will analyze Penal Abolitionism and Criminal Law minimalism, and what these two different frameworks entail for studying criminal justice systems. Then, he will address how these frameworks relate to criminal justice systems in Latin America: what can American penal abolitionists and minimalist learn from Latin America? What can these frameworks provide to address the underpinnings of Latin American criminal justice systems?

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Federal authorities have responded to this summer’s protests with force, spraying tear gas on crowds and empowering unidentified law enforcement personnel, some of whom have used unmarked vans to pick up protesters at random. The protests, while spurred by recent killings of African Americans by police, have highlighted long-established patterns of intensive and often violent policing of communities of color.

This webinar will examine these developments in the context of American history, examining the extent to which they deviate from or continue established patterns, and analyze them relative to the experience of policing in other countries around the world, in order to reveal the implications for U.S. democracy.

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Panelists

Sabrina Karim is an assistant professor in Cornell's Department of Government. Karim’s research focuses broadly on state building in the aftermath of political violence, with a particular focus on international involvement in police reforms to post-conflict states.

Ayobami Laniyonu is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, where he studies race, policing, and social inequality. Previously, he served as senior research scientist at the Center for Policing Equity in New York City, working with police departments across the United States to identify and correct racial disparities in police contact and use of force.

Vesla Mae Weaver is the Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. She studies the persistence of racial inequality, colorism in the United States, and the causes and consequences of the dramatic rise in prisons and police power.

Moderator

Robert Mickey is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He studies U.S. politics and contemporary democratic stability, racial conflict, and the intersection of long-term political and economic development.

Democracy 20/20: A webinar series sponsored by the American Democracy Collaborative, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs

The Democracy 20/20 webinar series brings together historical and comparative experts to promote deeper understanding of the challenges these unsettling times pose for American democracy. The series goes beyond the day-to-day rush of events to convene conversations that help us understand the broader context of our times and advance the search for constructive answers to our society’s most urgent questions.

Beginning in June 2020, the series will continue through the 2020 election. The stakes for American democracy have never been higher—so please join us for these critical conversations.

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser is Professor at Diego Portales University (UDP) in Santiago de Chile and an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES). His main area of research is comparative politics and he has a special interest in the ambivalent relationship between populism and democracy. He will be discussing the Chilean Right Party.

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The Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) at SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University would like to invite students and alumni from your school to participate in the First EMI Pitch Competition: Emerge Your Startup, which will be held in November 7th, 2020, in the 2020 EMI Annual Conference. The 10 finalist teams will be judged by a panel of international investors and experts. I request that you share this information with the relevant departments or clubs at your school and do not hesitate to reach out to us (contactemi@cornell.edu) for any questions/clarifications.

Important Information: Every school will be choosing one participant team to be in the final during the 2020 EMI Annual online Conference on November 7.

About the event:

This pitch competition is part of the flagship event of the institute - EMI Annual Conference. The conference brings leading academics, business leaders, and students from diverse geographies and industries to share their experiences and thoughts about the future.
This year, on the 10th anniversary of the EMI at SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, the theme is ‘Ten Years that changed Emerging Markets’. With this theme in mind, we are embarking to expand our reach and make this event bigger than ever before. The objective of the pitch competition is to give international recognition to startups in Emerging Markets.

The conference will be held entirely online and is planned for Nov 7, 2020. For more details check: https://bit.ly/EMIConference2020