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"Racism, Falsehood, and Political Speech": Jennifer Saul with Ian Olasov

Event Time: 4pm PT/7pm ET/9am (Wed.) AET
Racism, Falsehood, and Political Speech
Jennifer Saul in conversation with Ian Olasov

It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly implausible conspiracy theories. In this event, Jennifer Saul will explore how such changes – both of which defied previously settled norms of political speech – have been brought about. She will show how linguistic devices, such as “dogwhistles” and “figleaves”, contribute to the transmission of norm-violating discourse more generally, exploited and widened existing divisions in society, and normalized racist and conspiracist speech. This event will offer an illuminating and disturbing view of the workings of contemporary political discourse. You can find out more and register here!