WAS THAT RACIST?

Where: African American Museum of Iowa, 55 12th Ave., SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

Date: June 11, 2026

Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Join Evelyn R. Carter, Ph.D. for a conversation with Rob Cline about her book “Was That Racist? How to Detect, Interrupt, and Unlearn Bias in Everyday Life.”

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“How do we combat racism in a world determined to tell us it doesn’t exist? To hold the line against racism, we need to know it when we see it. And as the dominant racial group in our society, White people must take up the charge. The problem is that White people haven’t been socialized to detect racial bias in the way people of color do. Racism is more than using racial slurs or overt, hateful speech, and it’s more than unintentional slights; it’s about an entire system that upholds Whiteness as the preferred standard. Fortunately, detecting it is a skill that can be learned.”

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Evelyn Carter is a social psychologist who studies how we detect and discuss racial bias, and how we can do both more effectively. Register for this free event here. Or, register for this event and purchase a copy of “Was That Racist?” from Next Page Books here. Orders received by June 2 will be available for book signing at the event.