Confronting Racism, Past and Present

Marcia McDonald, Belmont University

Location

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

Presentation Type

Panel Discussion

Start Date

21-9-2018 2:00 PM

Description

Racism haunts our past and shatters our present. Zenna Daker (Master’s in Education graduate program) examines Colson Whitehead’s narration of “living history museums” in The Underground Railroad and compares these to contemporary museums that challenge inherited narratives. Max Mason (English major, undergraduate) examines the articulation of racism in Shakespeare’s Othello by comparison to that in Jordon Peele’s film, Get Out. Marcia McDonald (Professor of English) considers how walking the Belmont campus can be an act of memory, a way of recovering the enslaved lives that contributed to the shaping of our campus.

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Convocation Credit: Global Citizenship, Leadership, Diversity and the Professions

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Sep 21st, 2:00 PM

Confronting Racism, Past and Present

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

Racism haunts our past and shatters our present. Zenna Daker (Master’s in Education graduate program) examines Colson Whitehead’s narration of “living history museums” in The Underground Railroad and compares these to contemporary museums that challenge inherited narratives. Max Mason (English major, undergraduate) examines the articulation of racism in Shakespeare’s Othello by comparison to that in Jordon Peele’s film, Get Out. Marcia McDonald (Professor of English) considers how walking the Belmont campus can be an act of memory, a way of recovering the enslaved lives that contributed to the shaping of our campus.