Thursday, November 14, 12:00 noon
UWM-Waukesha, 1500 N. University Drive, Waukesha
Commons Room C101
How to Participate in Darrin Bell’s Visit to UWM-Waukesha
The UWM-Waukesha Campus Climate Committee invites you to participate in this fall’s Reading Circle—The Talk by Pulitzer Prize winning author Darrin Bell. He will be on campus Thursday, November 14th at 12:00 pm in C101 to discuss his book. The Reading Circle provides a free copy of the book and the opportunity to discuss the book with UWM-Waukesha students and faculty in person before Bell’s visit. The discussion sessions are in person on Tuesday, October 22, or Wednesday, October 23 from noon to 1 pm or online on Friday, October 25, from noon to 1 pm. Use the Registration button below to signup and add your email (even if you don’t have a UWM email.) The email will enable us to contact you for book delivery.
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Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She said she feared for his safety, that police tend to think of little Black boys as older and less innocent than they really are. Through evocative illustrations and sharp humor, Bell examines how The Talk shaped intimate and public moments from childhood to adulthood. While coming of age in Los Angeles—and finding a voice through cartooning—Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and police officers and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans and showcasing revealing insights and cartoons along the way, he brings us up to the moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. And now Bell must decide whether he and his own six-year-old son are ready to have The Talk.