UBC Sociology MA student Patara McKeen presents their talk titled, “Race, Ethnicity, and the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver” at the Sociology Research Forum.
Abstract: In this presentation, Patara McKeen examines what the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver can teach us about the social constructed-ness of race and ethnicity, drawing from and building on ideas such as W.E.B. Du Bois’ “double consciousness” and Frantz Fanon’s essay on “Race and Culture.”
Bio: Patara McKeen is an MA student in the department of sociology at UBC. Their topic of study is the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver.
