Fearing the Black Body Author Talk with Sabrina Strings

Join us for a talk with Sabrina Strings, Professor and North Hall Chair of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Strings is the author of the award-winning book: Fearing the Black Body: the Racial Origins of Fat Phobia and appeared on Netflix's "The Black Beauty Effect." She will be speaking to San Diego about Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, which argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist.

Schedule:

• 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Author talk and Q&A
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Book signing

Registration encouraged. Register here.

Get to the San Diego Central Library from the 12th & Imperial Transit Center.