Let's Talk About Race - April 16th 12:45 - 2:10

LET'S TALK ABOUT RACE

ZOOM SESSION  APRIL 16TH 12:45 - 2:10 

During this sessions, participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences dealing with racism, micro-aggressions, discriminations, and other race-related issues. The format of this session will be similar to a forum in which a moderator will start the conversations and ask specific questions that would help participants share their answers in a safe and culturally-responsive environment. The session will be presented via Zoom and will have a moderator (Jorge Villalobos), several students from Prof. Villalobos's ENGL 205 class, and at least one more faculty member. At the same time, other participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences via text. There will be a Padlet link available to those participants.

OBJECTIVES:

• Have a better understanding on how racism still affects us as a society.
• Be able to have more open and safe discussions on race and racism.
• Be able to share their own experiences with the issues on race and racism.
  

ZOOM LINK:

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DISCUSSION BOARD

Discussion Questions:

1. How can we define microaggressions? What are they? Where do they occur? How do they affect individuals?

2. James Baldwin narrates vividly how the broken relationship that has existed for so long between “Black and white America.” How can we describe that broken relationship? What are specific situations, historically speaking, that have broken that relationship? Has anything changed? What else needs to change to “mend” that broken relationship?

3. Social media has been used as a platform to share the injustices that we live with everyday. Videos on Facebook, tweets from both sides of the conversations (about race) are part of our “daily bread.” Is social media, then, the most effective way to create awareness about racism? Is sharing a tweet about social injustice enough to make a change? Is posting a video that exposes discrimination based on race enough to change the way we deal with racism? What other ways are there for us to consider if social media is not enough to create a revolution?

4. Art is often used as a form of expression against oppression. Songs, particularly Hip Hop, is often used to create an act of resistance to the oppression against marginalized groups. How are songs creating that act of resistance? How effective is their form of expression?

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