All Events
Race Matters Series
Beyond Race, Gender, and Class: Understanding the Roots of Privilege Robert Jensen
MCC Lounge
Using the concept of privilege in race, gender, and class, this discussion will raise questions about systems and structures of power that can allow us to go beyond polite “diversity talk” to discuss what would be needed to transform our society and promote justice and sustainability. Any serious effort toward those goals must confront the structures of power in the contemporary United States that produce such profound inequality. Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialogue (City Lights, 2013) and The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights, 2005). Co-sponsored by the Department of History.
Fun at the MCC
English-Vinglish
MCC Theater
This Bollywood story centers around a woman who, after constantly being the butt of her family’s jokes, is determined to master the English language as well as teach the world the way to becoming a confident woman. Hilarious, touching, and sensitive, this film marks the come back of India’s biggest female star Sridevi Kapoor. Chai and samosas in the lounge following the screening. Gauri Shinde, 134 min., English and Hindi with subtitles, 2012, India. Co-sponsored by the Education Abroad Program – UC Santa Barbara and Indus – South Asian Student Association.
MCC in I.V.
An Evening of Spoken Word Featuring Yosimar Reyes
Crushcakes- 6533 Trigo Rd., Isla Vista
Nationally acclaimed spoken word poet Yosimar Reyes will join us for an evening of powerful and moving poetry based on issues facing queer immigrant youth. In addition to Yosimar’s performance, we will have Angel Martinez sharing his poetry. The event is not only a performance by Reyes and Martinez, but an open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves while educating others on current issues. Be prepared to come up on stage and share your talents in this safe space for a night of 'edutainment.' Co-sponsored by the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and the Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity.
Performance
One Drop of Love: A Daughter's Search for Her Father's Racial Approval Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni
MCC Theater
Incorporating filmed images, photographs and animation, this one-woman show tells the story of how the notion of ‘race’ came to be in the U.S., and its effects on the narrator’s relationship with her father – a journey that will take audiences from the 1600s to the present, to cities all over the U.S. and to West and East Africa, where both father and daughter spent time in search of their ‘racial’ roots. Special performance by Ryan Yamamoto. FREE! FREE!Co-sponsored by the Black Student Union and the Department of Sociology
