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“I’m Not Racist … Am I?”: A Conversation on Antiracism

September 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Asian American Center and the Carolina Asia Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are proud to co-present “Anti-Blackness and Alliance: A Series on Asian-Black Race Relations,” public events which will take place over the course of the 2020-21 academic year.

The series brings a wide variety of speakers together to discuss the history and contemporary landscape of Asian-Black interconnections in politics and culture. Anti-Blackness and alliance are only two of the ways to describe these connections, and rather than viewing them as opposites, the audience is asked to question how these modes and others can coexist and conflict with each other.

The first event will be on September 10 at 7pm. “I’m Not Racist … Am I?”: A Conversation on Antiracism” featuring Barb Lee, founder and president of Point Made Films, and Prof. Michelle Robinson (Department of American Studies, UNC Chapel Hill). Registered participants will receive an access code to watch the documentary for free.

The film I’m Not Racist… Am I? documents a racially and economically diverse group of remarkable teenagers and their families as they plunged into a year-long journey to get at the heart of racism. Consulting company Point Made Learning brings creative, story-based education to institutions and organizations that are serious about inclusion. They have delivered programs to countless schools and corporations around the country, and support those who are ready to start the conversation about racism and equity.

*If you’re having trouble signing up, please remember to log in with your registered Zoom account. For an UNC email address, it would be onyen@email.unc.edu*
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Co-sponsoring UNC organizations include the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, the Center for the Study of the American South, the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic and Community Engagement, and Social Sciences and Global Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences.

1 hour 12 minute Recording of the event: “I’m Not Racist … Am I?”: A Conversation on Antiracism

Webinar Speakers

Barb Lee
Founder and President @Point Made Learning
Barb Lee is the founder and President of both Point Made Films, a documentary film company that focuses on American identity, and Point Made Learning, a consulting company that, using the stories of Point Made Films, provides organizations with creative, story-based education regarding issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. She has dual degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she has volunteered in numerous leadership roles including Chair of the UNC Board of Visitors, Vice-Chair of the UNC Performing Arts Board of Advisors, Chair of ACRED (Alumni Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity) and as a member of UNCs School of Media and Journalism’s Board of Visitors. She is the 2015 recipient of UNC’s Alumni Diversity Award, the university’s highest honor for work in racial justice and was the 2016 commencement speaker for the UNC School of Media and Journalism.

Michelle Robinson
Associate Professor @Department of American Studies at UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Michelle Robinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies, and a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and Boston University. Her book Dreams for Dead Bodies: Blackness, Labor and the Corpus of Detective Fiction was published by University of Michigan Press in 2016. Her current research, titled “Come Tell Us How To Go To Heaven,” uses correspondence from Christian evangelicals to identify how epistolary intimacies and ideas about Christian fellowship shaped the career and social impact of the Reverend Billy Graham. She is also developing a new project titled, “Shadows Cast Things,” a study of race and sexuality in post-WW2 Hollywood cinema. She teaches on topics ranging from LGBTQ fiction and film to stand-up comedy to radical religious communities.

Details

Date:
September 10, 2020
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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