Screening of "I’m Not Racist, Am I?" and Talk-Back with Filmmakers

I’m Not Racist… Am I? is a feature documentary about how this next generation is going to confront racism.  We asked 12 teenagers from New York City to come together for one school year to talk about race and privilege in a series of workshops and in conversations with friends and family members.  None of these teens think that the racial rules of their parents’ generation apply to them today.  Through some tense and painful moments, we see how these difficult conversations begin to affect their relationships, and ultimately challenge them to look deep within themselves.  By the end of their time together, we’ll see these courageous young people develop deeper bonds, a stronger resolve and a bigger, more significant definition of racism than any of us ever imagined.

 

This event is sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion; the Department of English; the Department of Teaching and Learning; the Education and Human Ecology’s Office of Equity and Diversity; the Multicultural Center; the Wexner Center for the Arts; the Department of African American and African Studies; the College of Social Work; the Asian American Studies Program; the Department of Comparative Studies; the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective (DISCO); the Humanities Institute; the Latino/a Studies Program; the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; The Women’s Place, and The Implicit Bias Collaborative.

 

Reception will begin at 4:30pm. The film will start at 5:30pm with a talk-back with the filmmakers immediately following. For more information, please contact Professor Koritha Mitchell.