The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race
Thursday, October 26, 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium (Room 133)
Admission: Free
Contact: Persis Karim, 415-338-1500, persiskarim@sfsu.edu
Based on her new book The Limits of Whiteness (Stanford University Press, 2017), sociologist Neda Maghbouleh shares the curious, under-theorized story of how Iranian Americans move across a white not-white color line. By contextualizing ethnographic data with neglected historical and legal evidence, she offers new evidence for how a “white” American immigrant group can become “brown,” and what such a transformation says about race in North America today. Free.
Neda Maghbouleh
Born in New York City and raised in Portland, Oregon, Neda Maghbouleh is assistant professor of sociology at University of Toronto. Her research addresses the everyday lives of racialized people, including a new study of Syrian refugees in Toronto, funded by the government of Canada’s Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
Co-sponsors
- College of Ethnic Studies
- School of Humanities and Liberal Studies
- Asian American Studies Department
- Sociology and Sexuality Studies Department
Photo of Neda Maghbouleh by Romi Levine
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The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University kicked off with its Inaugural Lecture, The Limits of Whiteness by Neda Maghbouleh.
Neda Maghbouleh’s book, The Limits of Whiteness –Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race was published by Stanford University Press, September 2017.
By contextualizing ethnographic data with neglected historical and legal evidence, she offers new evidence for how a “white” American immigrant group can become “brown,” and what such a transformation says about race in North America today.
Sociologist Neda Maghboulehshares the curious, under-theorized story of how Iranian Americans move across a white not-white color line.
Neda Maghbouleh, Neda Nobari and Dr. Persis Karim at the event.
Neda Maghbouleh, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at University ofToronto. Her research addresses the everyday lives of racialized people, including a new study of Syrian refugees in Toronto, funded by the government of Canada’s Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. (Photo by Romi Levine)