This dialogue between bell hooks and Hari Kondabolu took place on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 as one of several public events at the 2016 bell hooks Residency at St. Norbert College, where the Cassandra Voss Center serves as a sistercenter to hooks’ own bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Kentucky. It was cosponsored by Humana and Killeen Chair of Theology & Philosophy. For more information about the Cassandra Voss Center, visit www.snc.edu/cvc. #SNCbellhooks16

bell hooks has been honored as a leading public intellectual by The Atlantic Monthly, as well as one of Utne Reader's "100 Visionaries Who Could Change Your Life," hooks is a captivating speaker and canonical scholar who has authored over 40 books, including five for children, on issues of social justice, media literacy, education, and spirituality. She is Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.

Hari Kondabolu is a comic who the NY Times has called "one of the most exciting political comics in standup today." Doing frank talk on race and identity, Kondabolu has been featured on David Letterman, Conan, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel, and NPR's Terry Gross.