Please mark your calendar for the next Racial Literacies meeting on Wednesday, Jan 16, 12:00-1:30pm in Toy Lounge.
The first Racial Literacies meeting of 2019 will take up the issue of what we, as students, staff, and faculty, can concretely do to address white supremacy and racism at UNC Chapel Hill. What are the multiple things that we can each do and do collectively–and how can we convince the leadership of UNC Chapel Hill to take up our suggestions and address white supremacy and systemic racism directly?
This conversation is particularly vital in light of the controversial BOT report recommendation about the Confederate monument known as “Silent Sam.” The university has again failed to acknowledge and correct the continuing pain that this symbol of white supremacy represents. But the university must take action to address white supremacy, which exists on campus with or without the statue.
To inform our discussion of how to confront white supremacy at UNC, we will discuss an article by Shaun Harper, who went to UVA in the aftermath of the “Unite the Right” rally–you can find the article at this link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/column-colleges-need-stop-sustaining-white-supremacy