Guest Lecture by Dr. Marzia Milazzo (University of Johannesburg) “Elections, Racial Power, and Colorblindness”

Building on Black radical and Afropessimist critiques of elections, voting, and democracy itself, this talk will examine the entanglement between racism, colorblindness, and elections in the United States, both historically and presently, while also delving into the racial politics of recent elections in Italy and South Africa.