World famous Iranian memoirist and journalist Roya Hakakian will discuss how her Iranian Jewish father's severe experiences with antisemitism in Iran helped her understand the nature of racial relations and tensions in the United States. She will analyze why the experiences of black people are not well understood, and explore the similarities between racism and antisemitism. Her talk will conclude with a consideration of recent events in Charlottesville, where both blacks and Jews were targets of hatred by Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists.