Lets Talk About Race

Escaping Hitler, Dahlia's great grandparents landed in Mexico from Eastern Europe. From there, her parents moved to Canada where Dahlia was born. When you see Dahlia, you might think you see just another white woman, but this Jewish woman has deep roots in Mexico. She learned Spanish before English and her home girl comfort foods are burritos, tortillas, tacos and refried beans. Dahlia knows who she is, she is more than just another white woman.

Is race important? Maybe, but more than race, we are very much reflections of our cultural upbringing.

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Three millennials who find themselves sharing 2018 space and time in Cambridge/Somerville, MA. Join us as we Talk About Race. We are a deeply racialized society thus, everyone has a story about race. Some of us are fully aware of race operating in our lives, some of us are less aware. But, aware or not, race plays a huge part in the unfolding of the world all around us, and the unfolding of our lives. Luca, Pharaoh and Andrew talk about what race means to them.

Peter Ruggiero is an adjunct professor of English, writing and literature in universities in the Boston area and other places in the US. Through his work, Peter often works with immigrants improving their English writing skills in preparation for new life as Americans. We talked about anti-black sentiment detected in new immigrants and we discussed reasons for that. We also speculated about why African-Americans are kept at the bottom of the social ranking of groups in the US. As a purportedly egalitarian society, we need to heal to allow all of our people to reach their full potential but before we get to that, there are matters that must be brought out of the shadows and discussed.

Let's Talk About Race with Gwendolyn VanSant: Berkshires, Founding Director Multicultural Bridge

Gwendolyn developed award winning cultural competence trainings in Western Massachusetts. She is the founding Director of Equity and Inclusion at Bard College at Simon's Rock. In 2015-16 Gwendolyn was recognized as a "Berkshire Trendsetter" by 1 Berkshire as an entrepreneur/vision of the year while Multicultural Bridge was recognized with the Nonprofit impact award. In 2016 Berkshire Magazine named Gwendolyn one of the 25 most creative, talented and influential leaders in the Berkshires. Gwendolyn consults on a full range of equity issues including: Translating talk of reparations into practice. See more about her work on: GwendolynVanSant.com