RE: This Friday: "Race: The Power of an Illusion" Part One

[Michelle Walsh]

Reminder for Friday's meeting, 6-8PM, The First Parish in Cambridge:

Below are the upcoming Decolonize to Liberate working group activities planned, including for this Friday.  Remember that we are continuing to utilize Andrea Smith's analysis of the intertwining of heteropatriarchy with the three pillars of white supremacy

Friday, Sept. 28th: Connecting the pillar and logic of genocide/colonialism and the pillar and logic of slaveability/capitalism in the arc of U.S. history and institutional racism, we will begin a 3-part once a month series of watching "Race: The Power of an Illusion," beginning with Episode One: "The Difference Between Us," which dispels the myth of any genetic basis to race (http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-about-01.htm). Yamila will facilitate this discussion.  Regular Friday meetings take place at the First Parish in Cambridge, 6-8PM normally, 10 Church Street, accessible via the Harvard Square T-Stop, go to the far church entrance on Church Street and ring the bell for entrance.

For this Friday, try to read over the below five short links for more information on misconceptions of a biological basis to race:

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-x.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-11.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-y.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-02.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-12.htm

 

If you want even more to read, see the below link as well!

 

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01.htm

 

Tuesday, Sept. 30th: Occupy Boston's Anniversary!  Information at Occupy Boston website.

Hold the following dates in October: Monday, Oct. 8th Indigenous Peoples' Day; Friday, Oc. 12th (Umang will lead a discussion of a video episode of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" based on the book of the same title) and Friday, Oct. 26th (probable viewing of episode two of "Race: The Power of an Illusion").

Michelle

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