February Reflection Idea.
This month we thought we'd try something completely different!
We got word that Lisa Arrastia, an instructor in the Social Justice Minor, was working on a collection of works to be published along with Bill Ayers (you probably know his name from the recent presidential elections and his slight ties to President Obama). It is titled White Before We Got Here? Youth and the Hidden Curriculum of Whiteness and right now they are looking for submissions from young people no older than 25.
Submissions can be essays, poetry, lyrics, and visual/performance/installation art.
Some questions to think about for submissions:
In what ways does whiteness keep you silent or make you holla back at the world!?!?
Who and what taught you whiteness and why do you think they/it did? Who continues to try and teach you whiteness’ practices?
Who and what benefit from whiteness and what do those benefits look like and feel like?
What do they mean in the larger picture of life?
What is the cost of whiteness? What are its limitations?
Why do you love about whiteness and what is difficult about it for you?
In what ways do you comply with the social norms and cultural values of whiteness and why?
What does whiteness sound like, feel like, look like, or smell like?
If you could change whiteness, how would you?
If whiteness could talk, what would it say?
In 100 years, what will whiteness be if anything?
Click on "download file" to get the PDF document that gives the full details along with submission forms!
Download file
If you decide to submit, please send us an email with the submission attached so we can give you credit for doing a reflection!
We hope you all take this amazing opportunity!