Central Ohio really came out to support #NotRacistOSU on Monday, March 23rd. We were 750 people strong!
Many commented on the marked presence of students from St. Charles Preparatory School because several students came to the mic during the post-film discussion. NBC4 did a brief story, “Racism Documentary Prompts Frank Talk,” that featured one of those students.
However, I KNOW there were many other schools and organizations represented! Let’s hear from you! And I’m not just talking about students. Whatever your role in the community, please speak up. I couldn’t think of a way to do this during the event without taking too much time, but we want to stay connected, so please comment below. Who was in the house???
Associate Prof. of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies in the Department of English and Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. I’m also on the Advisory Committee of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, working to diversify our classes and our field.
Wow! Who says only certain fields should engage this work??? Excellent! And I know that whenever something isn’t considered a “diversity” area, it takes even more creativity and courage to “go there.” Yet, none of our fields just fell out of the sky, so it’s great that you and your colleagues are committed to acknowledging that. Every line of scholarly inquiry developed in the midst of all the forces operating in the societies in which they emerged, so racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, etc. definitely shaped all of our fields. Thank you for your work! Let’s keep building!
I was there and believe that this series of events will have a long-lasting affect, accelerating anti-racist work at OSU and throughout the whole community.
I KNEW we had some serious OSU presence!
I am an educator at the Graham School and am proud to say that we were 37 students and 5 staff deep! Talking about the documentary has engaged the entire school as students share the experience and what they learned with friends. I look forward to showing the documentary in my sociology classes in the future.
Excellent! I’m absolutely thrilled. Let’s definitely keep in touch.
PhD student in the Department of English studying rhetoric, composition, literacy, digital media, and disability. I look forward to extending the conversation we’ve started here into those domains, each of which is far too silent on race.
Thank you so much for your participation, Sean. And you’re absolutely right. Our analysis will only become sharper as we truly engage each other’s work and take each other’s knowledge seriously.