# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Geek Speak: Race: A Very Serious Fiction: Spoiler: It’s All Made Up (and Why That Still Matters)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Please join us on February 23 with Dr. Lesleigh Owen
for “Race: A Very Serious Fiction: Spoiler: It’s All Made Up (and Why That Still Matters)"
 
How many racial categories do we recognize in the U.S.? Isn’t “ethnicity” just the PC way to say “race”? What the heck does “Caucasian” mean, anyway? Join Dr. Lesleigh Owen as she hops feetfirst into the messiness, ridiculousness, and consequences of pretending we can divide human beings into distinct “racial” subcategories.

These lectures are free and open to all.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/spearfish/geek-speak-race-a-very-serious-fiction-spoiler-it’s-all-made-up-and-why-that-still-matters/200029694661740
- **Event Categories**: Sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Spearfish
- **state**: SD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jonas #110: 1200 University St, Spearfish, SD, United States, South Dakota 57799
- **lat**: 44.49483
- **long**: -103.8709
- **full address**: Jonas #110: 1200 University St, Spearfish, SD, United States, South Dakota 57799

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: University Honors Program at Black Hills State (https://allevents.in/org/university-honors-program-at-black-hills-state/11714533)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Jonas #110: 1200 University St, Spearfish, SD, United States, South Dakota 57799
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** University Honors Program at Black Hills State
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Sports
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Geek Speak: Race: A Very Serious Fiction: Spoiler: It’s All Made Up (and Why That Still Matters) ?
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