Open Thread: What would you want out of a Racialicious live event?
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Hey folks! As per the video above, I’m thinking of putting together some kind of Racialicious live event next spring. No promises – this is all very exploratory at this stage. But if we were to put together an event, what would you want out of it? Specifically…
1) What kind of format(s)?
2) Who would you like to see as speakers?
3) What topics or themes?
4) Any other suggestions?
Thanks everyone!
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Elizabeth wrote:
Last year I attended a conference which had a format that worked very well: http://flowtv.org/?page_id=1530. Presenters were asked to submit a short position paper and were limited to 5-10 minutes for reading/presenting their position paper. The remainder of the time was for audience discussion and questions with the panel. It was truly the only conference that I have attended where I had an opportunity to both ask questions and give my opinion! The format worked great for encouraging audience engagement. I would recommend contacting the organizers (flowtv.org).
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 9:25 am ¶
Fiqah wrote:
Guest speaker Bébé Sean!
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 10:29 am ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
LOL @Fiqah. I’ll start prepping her now.
And thanks Elizabeth for the suggestion! I’ll keep it in mind and maybe approach them as the time gets closer.
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 12:33 pm ¶
Arturo wrote:
Four words: So. Cal. Tour. Stop.
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 12:37 pm ¶
Anonymous wrote:
Re: Arturo
Don’t forget to stop by Nor. Cal. My school could use some racialicious activity.
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 2:44 pm ¶
Sean wrote:
I second Arturo’s request!
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 3:29 pm ¶
Tracey wrote:
Sounds amazing, I would so like to see a live event. The un-conference idea sounds nice and I would defiantly like to see something heavily focused on discussion.
I also like something like the format Elizabeth mentioned.
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 4:12 pm ¶
Louise wrote:
Danielle belton is from st louis and has an excellent blog and is very intelligent, just having a few new folks in on discussion should be good. she is http://www.blacksnob.com
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 4:41 pm ¶
Taija R wrote:
Topic I would love to see:
When is self-identification as a PoC not enough? How to balance White privilege with racial oppression?
Background of the topic:
as a extremely light skinned, mixed featured Indigenous woman, people often say to me “you don’t look native!” or “i would have never guessed you were indian?” or even from other WoC “I never thought of you before as a WoC”
i was raised by a ful-blooded mixed tribe mother, with a primarily featured younger brother and I was the “little ghost” of the family. So I also experience the oppression my family received growing up and the constant barrage of anti-Indigenous-ism in my daily life, but I realize that I benefit from White privilege because of my physical features.So, I have encounter PoC spaces where I am not welcomed, but never Indigenous spaces.
Back to the original topic, who decided who is a PoC? How does one navigate their personal identity that is one of a PoC with their perceived identity of a person with White privilege?
Just some things I ponder.
Love your blog, you help expand my own thoughts on race and intersection.
Posted 18 Aug 2009 at 6:43 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Arturo/Anonymous/Sean – I’d love to do something out in CA! We’d have to see how this first NYC event does though.
Tracey – I’ll be sure to design lots of discussion into the event. That’s what we’re all about, right?
Louise – thanks for the suggestion! Her blog is hilarious. I guess TJ Holmes is to Black Snob what Keanu Reeves is to Racialicious.
And Taija, thanks for the topic idea(s)! The issue of how POCs/multiracial folks can deal with white privilege, or who decides who’s a POC or not… those are all really important questions.
Please keep the great ideas coming, folks! You can also of course email them to me at team@newdemographic.com
Posted 19 Aug 2009 at 11:35 am ¶
Chantal wrote:
I would only ask that you please, please address social class/economic privilege even if it means incriminating (y)ourselves and (y)our own privilege. We NEED this discussion. Classalicious just doesn’t have the same ring, but maybe I need to just do something like it already…
Posted 19 Aug 2009 at 12:47 pm ¶
ashlynn wrote:
Being the only Model UN dork throughout high school, I totally cosign the position paper format.
I’d love to see some sort of topic regarding how minority youth will come up within today’s pop culture. A lot of what is cool now(hip hop skaters/geek culture/rock/goth/anime and manga) would NOT fly even six years ago. Does that indicate that this generation of youth has evolved, or perhaps devolved, in the sense that one could consider the trend shift cultural (mis)appropriation? I know it’s not a very clear cut topic, but perhaps I’ll give it a little thought and email you with some personal experience to give the topic some a better perspective.
I am definitely excited for this! And yes, NYC event first ftw. Thanks!
Posted 19 Aug 2009 at 10:55 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Thanks Chantal and ashlynn!
I like the short presentation + discussion idea, but to be honest I’m not crazy about making people write a position paper first. But maybe I can be convinced otherwise.
Posted 20 Aug 2009 at 12:33 pm ¶