{"product_id":"irl-author-talk-the-world-before-racism-with-lisa-farrington-march-28-2pm","title":"IRL AUTHOR TALK:The World Before Racism with Lisa Farrington - March 28 @ 2PM","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCelebrate the release of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World Before Racism: An Art Story \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith Lisa Farrington! This special author talk is sponsored by Houston Museum of African American Culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEVENT DEETS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen: Saturday, March 28 @ 2PM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to support the author and our store programming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Please note outside copies of The World Before Racism will not be allowed in the bookstore and you will not be eligible for the signing\/photo line. You must buy a book from Kindred Stories. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ehe World Before Racism: An Art Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gripping history of anti-black racism, told through works of art as truth-sayers. Utilizing empirical evidence that is difficult, if not impossible to refute, (western art and literature from ancient Greece to the 21st century; and Darwin's original writings) this research conclusively answers the questions: Who invented racism? When? And why?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term racism is understood to mean that race is the principal determinant of specific human traits and capacities and that due to racial differences, one race is inherently superior to all others. Over time, racism has commonly referenced the notion that the White race is superior to all others, fostering prejudice and discrimination. In The Artist Book Foundation’s forthcoming publication,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Before Racism: An Art Story,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eauthor and art historian Lisa Farrington meticulously examines the intersection of art, history, and race, using original works of art as primary source materials to support her premise that racism is a construct, invented in the mid-1700s, to support the financial, political, and religious structures of European colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing art from ancient Egypt, classical Greece, and the Roman Empire, through Medieval Europe and the colonization of the New World, to the art of the present day—sources that cannot be easily altered, edited, or selectively trans¬lated—Farrington expertly examines the intricate interplay between the Black and White races, how they saw and understood each other over the centuries. The artworks serve as powerful voices, precisely conveying the artist’s intended messages. The goal of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Before Racism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis to present irrefutable evi¬dence that the ideology of racism is unfounded, unsupported, unjustified, and destined to fade away like so many other archaic and erroneous ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eLisa Farrington is an award-winning author and art historian. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita, City University of New York, past Associate Dean of Fine Arts, Howard University, and past Associate Professor of Art History, Parsons School of Design, New York and Paris. Her books include \"Creating Their Own Image: The History of African American Women Artists,\" \"African American Art: A Visual and Cultural History,\" both for Oxford University Press (2006 and 2016), \"The World Before Racism: An Art Story\" (Artist Book Foundation 2026), \"Black Artists in Their Own Words\" (University of California Press 2025), among many others, as well as dozens of scholarly articles. She has appeared in numerous documentary films in the U.S., the U.K., and France, and is featured on television and radio. Currently, Dr. Farrington offers riveting lectures in the U.S. and abroad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kindred Stories","offers":[{"title":"RSVP ONLY","offer_id":48224282575103,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"RSVP WITH BOOK","offer_id":48224282607871,"sku":"9798987228272-EVENT","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/3577\/0820\/files\/March_2026_Event_Graphics_14.png?v=1772830291","url":"https:\/\/kindredstorieshtx.com\/products\/irl-author-talk-the-world-before-racism-with-lisa-farrington-march-28-2pm","provider":"Kindred Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}