White People: A Documentary by Jose Antonio Vargas

Speaker: 
Film Screening & Discussion
 
18 Apr 2016
 
6:00 PM
 
Gold Room, Memorial Union

White People is a first­-of-its-kind documentary exploring whiteness and the intersection of race and immigration in an increasingly diverse America. It was produced, directed and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas as part of MTV's Emmy Award­winning Look Different Campaign.The film follows Vargas across the country as he uncovers the stories of five young white people from varying backgrounds to illuminate biases on the basis of race, gender and sexual orientation. White People was a collaboration with Define American, a nonprofit organization co­founded by Vargas. (41 min)