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The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue "Not A Nation of Immigrants" By Roxanne Dunbar-Oritz

2022-10-25 19:00:00 2022-10-25 20:00:00 America/New_York The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue "Not A Nation of Immigrants" By Roxanne Dunbar-Oritz The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Human Relations Commission present "The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue" every last Tuesday of the month. Michelle Hamiel and Kyla Hanington discuss equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism with books as a launch point. Virtual -

Tuesday, October 25
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-10-25 19:00:00 2022-10-25 20:00:00 America/New_York The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue "Not A Nation of Immigrants" By Roxanne Dunbar-Oritz The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Human Relations Commission present "The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue" every last Tuesday of the month. Michelle Hamiel and Kyla Hanington discuss equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism with books as a launch point. Virtual -

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Human Relations Commission present "The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue" every last Tuesday of the month. Michelle Hamiel and Kyla Hanington discuss equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism with books as a launch point.

About the Book: 

Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States

Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US’s history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today.

She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants—was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good—but inaccurate—story promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state, and imperialist since its inception.

While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history

About the Author: 

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a New York Times best-selling author, grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award. She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at reddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.

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Wed, Dec 06 9:00AM to 5:30PM
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Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2
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Greenbelt - Auditorium
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Sat, Dec 09, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Largo-Kettering

Sat, Dec 09, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room
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Sat, Dec 09, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Oxon Hill

Sat, Dec 09, 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Baden

Sat, Dec 09, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Sat, Dec 09, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room
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Sat, Dec 09, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Beltsville

Sat, Dec 09, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)

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Mon, Dec 11, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Hyattsville

Mon, Dec 11, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Oxon Hill

Mon, Dec 11, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Spauldings - Group Study Room 1

Mon, Dec 11, 10:15am - 10:45am
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Mon, Dec 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Oxon Hill
This event is full

Mon, Dec 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Laurel

Mon, Dec 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Oxon Hill

Mon, Dec 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Mon, Dec 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Accokeek

Mon, Dec 11, 11:00am - 11:30am
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Mon, Dec 11, 11:00am - 11:30am
South Bowie

Mon, Dec 11, 11:00am - 11:30am
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Dec 11, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Mon, Dec 11, 11:30am - 12:00pm
New Carrollton

Mon, Dec 11, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Oxon Hill
This event is full

Mon, Dec 11, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Hillcrest Heights

Mon, Dec 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 2

Mon, Dec 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Beltsville - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Dec 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Mon, Dec 11, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Spauldings - Conference Room

Tue, Dec 12, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual Branch

Tue, Dec 12, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Tue, Dec 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Tue, Dec 12, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Tue, Dec 12, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
New Carrollton

Tue, Dec 12, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Bowie

Tue, Dec 12, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Oxon Hill - Author Room

Tue, Dec 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Tue, Dec 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Tue, Dec 12, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hyattsville - Conference Room 1

Tue, Dec 12, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Dec 12, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Largo-Kettering - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Dec 12, 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Hyattsville - Learning Lab

Tue, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Virtual Branch - Intercultural Services

Tue, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Branch - Conference Room 1

Tue, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Beltsville - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Mount Rainier

Tue, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Baden

Tue, Dec 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Tue, Dec 12, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Branch - Laurel Virtual Events

Tue, Dec 12, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
New Carrollton

Wed, Dec 13, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Wed, Dec 13, 12:15pm - 12:45pm
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Wed, Dec 13, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Mount Rainier

Wed, Dec 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Wed, Dec 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 2

Wed, Dec 13, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Canceled
Wed, Dec 13, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Largo-Kettering

Wed, Dec 13, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
South Bowie - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 13, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Greenbelt - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Glenarden

Wed, Dec 13, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Fairmount Heights

Wed, Dec 13, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Spauldings - Conference Room

Wed, Dec 13, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Spauldings - Large Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 13, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Largo-Kettering - Large Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 13, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Upper Marlboro

Wed, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Hyattsville - Learning Lab

Wed, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Hyattsville

Wed, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 2

Wed, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual Branch - Intercultural Services

Wed, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Mount Rainier

Wed, Dec 13, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
South Bowie - Large Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 13, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Laurel

Wed, Dec 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Branch - Intercultural Services

Thu, Dec 14, 10:00am - 12:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Thu, Dec 14, 10:15am - 10:45am
Bowie

Thu, Dec 14, 10:15am - 10:45am
Mount Rainier

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Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 12:30pm
New date Monday, December 11, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Oxon Hill

Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Largo-Kettering - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Laurel

Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
New Carrollton

Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Baden

Thu, Dec 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Beltsville - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Dec 14, 11:00am - 11:30am
Fairmount Heights

Thu, Dec 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 2

Thu, Dec 14, 11:00am - 11:30am
South Bowie

Thu, Dec 14, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Thu, Dec 14, 11:15am - 11:45am
Bowie

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Laurel

Thu, Dec 14, 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Virtual Branch - Intercultural Services

Thu, Dec 14, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
New Carrollton

Thu, Dec 14, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Accokeek - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Dec 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
South Bowie

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Oxon Hill

Thu, Dec 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Thu, Dec 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Thu, Dec 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Mount Rainier

Thu, Dec 14, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Fri, Dec 15, 10:15am - 10:45am
Bowie

Fri, Dec 15, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Fri, Dec 15, 11:15am - 11:45am
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Sat, Dec 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Sat, Dec 16, 11:00am - 3:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Sat, Dec 16, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Bowie

Sat, Dec 16, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Bowie - Auditorium

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Mon, Dec 18, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Hyattsville

Mon, Dec 18, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Oxon Hill

Mon, Dec 18, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Spauldings - Group Study Room 1

Mon, Dec 18, 10:15am - 10:45am
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Mon, Dec 18, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Oxon Hill
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Mon, Dec 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Laurel

Mon, Dec 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Oxon Hill

Mon, Dec 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Mon, Dec 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Accokeek

Mon, Dec 18, 10:30am - 11:15am
Pop-Up Locations

Mon, Dec 18, 11:00am - 11:30am
South Bowie

Mon, Dec 18, 11:00am - 11:30am
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Dec 18, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Mon, Dec 18, 11:30am - 12:00pm
New Carrollton

Mon, Dec 18, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Virtual Branch - Intercultural Services

Mon, Dec 18, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Hillcrest Heights

Mon, Dec 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Tue, Dec 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Tue, Dec 19, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Tue, Dec 19, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
New Carrollton

Tue, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hyattsville

Tue, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Fairmount Heights

Tue, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hyattsville - Conference Room 1

Tue, Dec 19, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Tue, Dec 19, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Oxon Hill

Tue, Dec 19, 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Hyattsville - Learning Lab

Tue, Dec 19, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Branch - Conference Room 1

Tue, Dec 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Mount Rainier

Tue, Dec 19, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Accokeek

Tue, Dec 19, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
South Bowie - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Dec 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Laurel

Tue, Dec 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Virtual Branch - PGCMLS Programming

Tue, Dec 19, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
New Carrollton

Wed, Dec 20, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Wed, Dec 20, 12:15pm - 12:45pm
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Wed, Dec 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Spauldings - Large Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 20, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Wed, Dec 20, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
South Bowie - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 20, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Greenbelt - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 20, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Hillcrest Heights - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 20, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Spauldings - Conference Room

Wed, Dec 20, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Spauldings - Large Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Mount Rainier

Wed, Dec 20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual Branch - PGCMLS Programming

Wed, Dec 20, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Laurel

Thu, Dec 21, 10:00am - 12:00pm
New Carrollton - Large meeting room 1

Thu, Dec 21, 10:15am - 10:45am
Bowie

Thu, Dec 21, 10:15am - 10:45am
Mount Rainier

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Oxon Hill
This event is full

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Laurel

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
New Carrollton

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Oxon Hill

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville - Meeting Room 2

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Baden

Thu, Dec 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Largo-Kettering - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Dec 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
Fairmount Heights

Thu, Dec 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
Spauldings

Thu, Dec 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
South Bowie

Thu, Dec 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Thu, Dec 21, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Virtual Branch

Thu, Dec 21, 11:15am - 11:45am
Bowie

Thu, Dec 21, 11:15am - 11:45am
Laurel

Thu, Dec 21, 11:15am - 11:45am
Oxon Hill

Thu, Dec 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Accokeek - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Dec 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Wed, Dec 27, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Spauldings - Conference Room

Wed, Jan 03, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Spauldings - Conference Room

Wed, Jan 03, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Thu, Jan 04, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Laurel - Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)

Thu, Jan 04, 4:45pm - 5:45pm
Laurel

Sat, Jan 06, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville

Sat, Jan 06, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Glenarden

Sat, Jan 06, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Sat, Jan 06, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Sat, Jan 06, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Mon, Jan 08, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Oxon Hill

Mon, Jan 08, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Spauldings - Group Study Room 1

Mon, Jan 08, 10:00am - 11:00am
Laurel

Mon, Jan 08, 10:15am - 10:45am
Mount Rainier

Mon, Jan 08, 10:15am - 10:45am
Greenbelt - Auditorium

Mon, Jan 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Accokeek

Mon, Jan 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Laurel

Mon, Jan 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hyattsville

Mon, Jan 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Oxon Hill

Mon, Jan 08, 11:00am - 11:30am
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jan 08, 11:00am - 11:30am
South Bowie - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jan 08, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jan 08, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Spauldings - Conference Room

Mon, Jan 08, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Hillcrest Heights

Mon, Jan 08, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Laurel

Mon, Jan 08, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Largo-Kettering - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jan 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Glenarden - Small Meeting Room

Mon, Jan 08, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hillcrest Heights

Mon, Jan 08, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Laurel

Mon, Jan 08, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Virtual Branch - PGCMLS Programming