Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium

The second in the R3 series, “Cultural Industry, Techno-capitalism, and Labor: The Mediated Exploitation of Black and Brown Bodies.”

Scholars from across UNC, including Business and Communications, will share their work addressing issues of language, representation, cultural appropriation, and decontextualization of Black and Brown labor as it appears through a variety of media.

“It was clear after the first session held in September, which had nearly 2,300 registrants, that the path we chose to pursue to highlight our researchers’ and scholars’ work examining the different intersections that race, racism and racial equity present was very important for our campus and the broader community,” said Gretchen C. Bellamy, Senior Director of Education, Operations and Initiatives in the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion.

R3 co-convener Allison De Marco, Equity Lead, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work and Advanced Research Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, added, “Our goal for the R3 symposium has always been to feature the important research happening across campus to make systems of oppression visible and this continues with the second in our series. In this panel, we will feature scholarship from both our faculty and our doctoral students, whose work brings to light the way that capitalist systems perpetuate cultural appropriation, decontextualization and uncompensated labor.”

For more information on all panelists and to Register for R3: go.unc.edu/R3

The first Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium event was an incredible success, with nearly 2,300 registrants.

View previous Webinar Video of R3 Symposium at link below:

“The Exploitation of Black and Brown Bodies at UNC: Learning from the Past to Change the Present” (Sept. 10, 2020)