https://www.umsl.edu/global/events/special-events/race-and-racism-series.html

This series of virtual conversations on race and racism is jointly hosted by the University of Missouri-St. Louis and the City of Stuttgart, Germany.

The human condition is fraught with experiences and psychological commotion that create various degrees of unease. Many of these scenarios involve introspective, self-reflective endeavors rooted in the basic existential concerns inherent to the task of being human (e.g., death, isolation, identity, freedom, and meaning). It goes without saying that an “invisible” provocateur to these processes is the Zeitgeist. Black America has long known what type of person Donald Trump was (and is); long before his formal arrival on the American political scene in 2015. The announcement of his candidacy, and subsequent victory, brought American racism and nationalism squarely back into the light and placed it, yet again, at the forefront of the national landscape after many decades in the shadows. This lecture will explore the psychological impact of the Trump Era on the lives of Black Americans using an existential framework.