Last evening I went to hear Michelle Norris talk about her project-The Race Card Project. This began as a simple exercise of just defining race in six words. Now it serves as a platform for people around the world to talk about race. During the talk she showed us daily work that she does as she goes through the archives of responses. One thing I noticed was that every card made me feel a different way. The fact that she lets people’s cards to be seen by others is an important aspect to her project.
Her process of beginning a social experiment/exercise was a cool aspect to me. It was a first hand example of a social experiment and how to apply it. She grouped the different responses into categories. Although this is a sensitive topic to discuss she included racist cards as well. I think the inclusion of these cards is almost a reverse way of getting her point across. She talked about although we think one way, it is important to understand that people think differently than us, but understanding the reason they think that way is where people should look.
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