Writing on RACE
Race is one of the most important topics of our time. Today, AMC students witnessed presentations on Race by two professors from CSUN. Professor Owen Doonan spoke about the ancient world of Rome and Greece—how the art work reflects respect and perhaps admiration for people of different races. Professor Doonan spoke of how scholars believe that “race” is socially constructed, not biological. From the CSUN Speech and Communications department, Professor Allison Brownlow presented a photo quiz on races, presenting pictures and asking students to guess which race the people were. She also spoke about the language used to profile racial groups, and she too spoke of the origin of “race” and its relationship to slavery. The final part of her presentation contained “myths” about race and its continuing effect on life today.
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