FW: Register for R.A.C.E. Matters Workshop: Appreciation vs. Appropriation

Don't forget to sign up for the R.A.C.E. Matters Workshop! 

Monday, March 26th
6-8:00 pm
Room 5401, SLO Campus

Follow the link below to sign up! Also, check out the bios of the panelists who will be leading the discussion and taking questions. 

 

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Appreciation or Appropriation? appreciationorappropriation.eventbrite.com It seems we can't go a week without hearing about Cultural Appropriation -- the adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. No longer a subject confined within academia, Cultural Appropriation debates dominate social media platforms and blogs where reality stars, singers, fashion designers, restaurateurs, and everyday folks are called out. Cultural Appropriation is also a favorite example for those who feel that we as a culture, and especially "the left", have become overly sensitive.  Why is Cultural Appropriation problematic? Where is the line between appreciation and appropriation? Can folks of color be guilty? We will grapple with all of this and more with an esteemed  panel.  Panelists include:  Grace I. Yeh is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Cal Poly. Her teaching and research areas include Asian Americans and popular media; and her courses look at popular cultural representations and discourses of Asians and Asian Americans from the 19th century to the pr

 

Panelists for the R.A.C.E. Matters Workshop: Appropriation vs. Appreciation

 

Grace I. Yeh is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Cal Poly. Her teaching and research areas include Asian Americans and popular media; and her courses look at popular cultural representations and discourses of Asians and Asian Americans from the 19th century to the present.

Sandra Sarrouf is a Cultural Worker, Traditional Dancer, and an MA Candidate in Cultural Sustainability. Her focus lies in cultivating conversations through traditional arts and education. 

Adrienne Garcia-Specht is an organizer with the Central Coast Coalition for Undocumented Student Success, and Treasurer of the Chicanx/Latinx Faculty Staff Association at Cal Poly. Her work as an MA in English focused on the analysis of race and class in media. 

Cameron Clay is a senior Comparative Ethnic Studies major at Cal Poly. His research interests include Art as Resistance, Medical Racism, Black Feminist Theory, Decolonial Studies, and the Black Radical Tradition. His areas of expertise include Photography and Graphic Design. 

Dr. Leola Dublin Macmillan is a faculty member in the Department of Ethnic Studies at Cal Poly. Her scholarly production includes work on adolescent identity development in marginalized girls, the representation of women and girls in American visual culture, and how difference (in race/class/gender/sexual orientation/(dis)ability) is understood within US contexts.