Talking about Race The Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, now in its third year, has been hosting a yearlong series to explore the timely topic of "Race and Its Meanings." Cosponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office of the Provost in collaboration with the Handwerker Gallery and the Park School of Communications, the series attempts, says assistant provost Tanya Saunders, "to determine whether the legacies of race and color in the United States hinder or promote our well-being as a multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural nation." The series is raising crucial questions. Among them: How do race, its definitions, and its socioeconomic repercussions determine one’s identity and potential? What is the relationship between representations and the formation of racial identities? How do changing theories of race affect the practice of racism? The series considers tensions among "races" and the increasing complexity of both the "color line" and the formation of "racialized identities." The lectures and discussions are complemented by films, panels, and a faculty colloquium on teaching about race.
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A. Ozolins, Ithaca College Office of Publications, 21. Mar. 2002