Published May 24, 2010
By the Tri-City Herald staff
Author Rich Benjamin will discuss anti-immigration, white flight and segregation during two June 7 lectures at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.
Benjamin is the author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America.
The author will discuss current racial issues at 12:30 p.m. in the Hawk Union Building Congress Room. He will discuss the social and political divides threatening the United States in a 6:30 p.m. lecture at the Hawk Union Building’s main stage.
Both lectures are free and open to the public.
The lectures are sponsored by CBC’s Office of Diversity, CBC Associated Student Body and the Department of Energy Office of EEO and Diversity.
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