'Citizen' book discussion and writing response

• Date: Monday, March 25
• Time: Noon-1 p.m.
• Location: Aderhold Hall Room 119

Join the College of Education’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to discuss our reflections on Claudia Rankine’s book, “Citizen.”

The book lays bare moments of racism that often surface in everyday encounters. It combines poetry with commentary, visual art, quotations from artists and critics, slogans, and scripts for films. It’s “an anatomy of American racism in the new millennium” (Bookforum).

Participants will be invited to write their own reflections on past experiences with microaggression and/or micro-validation. We imagine our individual and collective goals for future advocacy and care in our “diverse-city” of Athens. Copies of “Citizen” will be given out (one per household) to event attendees while supplies last.

The events in this series have been generously supported by funds from the UGA Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts, the Leighton M. Ballew Lecture Series in English, Verse Magazine, and the Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through funding from the Georgia General Assembly.

To learn about more events in this series, visit the event webpage.