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DESCRIPTION:Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorter\, prominent authors and t
 hought leaders who express divergent views regarding free speech surroundi
 ng race and the portrayal of racial identity\, will explore the health and
  future of democracy in a conversation moderated by Vice Chancellor\, Prov
 ost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter.Dyson is the Distinguished 
 University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the Colle
 ge of Arts and Science and Distinguished University Professor of Ethics an
 d Society at the Divinity School at Vanderbilt. McWhorter teaches courses 
 in linguistics\, Western civilization and music history at Columbia Univer
 sity\, specializing in language change and language contact.
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SUMMARY:Fostering a Diverse and Healthy Democracy in a Period of Polarizati
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorter\, pro
 minent authors and thought leaders who express divergent views regarding f
 ree speech surrounding race and the portrayal of racial identity\, will ex
 plore the health and future of democracy in a conversation moderated by Vi
 ce Chancellor\, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter.</p><p>
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 rm: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: a
 uto">Dyson is the Distinguished University Professor of African American a
 nd Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and Distinguished U
 niversity Professor of Ethics and Society at the Divinity School at Vander
 bilt. McWhorter teaches courses in linguistics\, Western civilization and 
 music history at Columbia University\, specializing in language change and
  language contact.</span></p>
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