Race in Media and Higher Education: A Town Hall
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, February 15, 2011 | 6:30PM - 9:00PM | External Event, OISE/UT Library, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education |
Description
For the past five years, various racialised communities have felt the brunt of what they deem as distorted and harmful depictions by media outlets and in higher education settings. Asian Canadians believe that the Maclean’s ‘Too Asian?’ article and the Toronto Star’s article on ‘Asian Students Suffering for Success,’ both published in November 2010, worked to racially profile and stereotype Asian Canadians as perpetual foreigners in this country. Black Canadians construe the blackface ‘costume’ at the University of Toronto in October 2009 as part of a long history of blackface performance and minstrelsy in demeaning black people and caricaturing black cultures. The Muslim community feels targeted by discriminatory journalism that promotes Islamophobia and fear of Muslims, as evinced, for instance, by Maclean’s articles published from 2005 to 2007.
The Town Hall will aim to address the following questions:
1. How do Canadian media and higher education institutions address issues of race and racism?
2. What are the benefits and limitations of their approaches?
3. How can issues of race and racism be addressed differently by media and higher education?
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