[ACLA-CAAL] BCSA Open Letter regarding Congress incident

Sat Jun 8 17:52:50 UTC 2019

We've heard of "gardening while Black", "taking a nap while Black", and other 
instances of "living while Black" in North America: 
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/us/living-while-black-police-calls-trnd/index.html

Now we have "attending an academic conference while Black".

But let's flip this: we are also "witnessing Whiteness".

So after reading about race at AAA, join me in (further) inquiring about Whiteness. 
Here are some resources to start, are there suggestions for others?

https://www.racialequitytools.org/fundamentals/resource-lists/whiteness-and-white-privilege

http://www.marypendergreene.com/bookshelf/whiteness.php

https://www.zinnedproject.org/?s=whiteness

Some books

White fragility (Robin D'Angelo)

I'm still here (Austin Channing Brown)

Witnessing Whiteness (Shelly Tochluk)

*Steven Talmy, Ph.D.*
Associate Professor

Language & Literacy Education
University of British Columbia
6445 University Blvd
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada

Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish,
Stó:lō, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations

Office: Ponderosa Commons, Oak House, 3143

**

On 6/8/2019 3:25 AM, Vahid Aryadoust wrote:
> Thanks for sharing this news.
> It is disconcerting that a researcher has been mistreated based on a flawed concept 
> (ie, race) and wrong attitudes, which surprisingly are still commonly adhered to in 
> not only science but many societies.
> I would recommend that every researcher should read the AAA statement on ‘race’:
> https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2583
>
> Best,
> Vahid Aryadoust
> National Institute of Education
> Nanyang Technological University
> Singapore
>
>
> On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 1:13 PM, Wernicke, Meike <meike.wernicke at ubc.ca 
> <mailto:meike.wernicke at ubc.ca>> wrote:
>
>     [la version française suit]
>
>     Dear Colleagues,
>
>     We would like to inform you about an incident that occurred during Congress
>     2019, involving a member of the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) and
>     two other Congress attendees. The attached BCSA Open Letter includes an account
>     of the incident. The Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences has
>     responded with the following statement:
>     http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences.
>
>     Our association is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and we stand
>     against any form of discrimination, racial profiling, and harassment as we wait
>     for an account and further action from the Federation.
>
>     ACLA Executive
>
>     -------------
>
>     Chères/chers collègues,
>
>     Nous voudrions vous faire part d’un incident qui s’est déroulé lors du Congrès
>     2019, impliquant un membre de la Black Canadian Studies Association et deux
>     autres congressistes. La lettre ouverte du BCSA ci-jointe témoigne de
>     l’incident. En réponse, la Fédération des sciences humaines a fait la
>     déclaration suivante :
>     http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences
>     <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ideas-idees.ca%2Fmedia%2Fmedia-releases%2Fstatement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences&data=02%7C01%7C%7C57743cfbb6424592aa5a08d6eac79c94%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636954540381232592&sdata=2VBSwH1h50k%2B55HvMVUxNkHRWeKWJWQstAk59wK9eH8%3D&reserved=0>.
>
>     Notre association adhère aux principes d’équité, de diversité et d’inclusion et
>     nous dénonçons toute forme de racisme et de discrimination dans l’attende d’un
>     compte-rendu et d’actions supplémentaires de la part de la Fédération.
>
>     Comité de direction de l’ACLA
>
>     **
>
>     *Meike Wernicke, *PhD
>
>     Assistant Professor / Professeure adjointe
>
>     Department of Language & Literacy Education | Faculty of Education
>
>     Musqueam Campus of the University of British Columbia
>
>     6445 University Boulevard
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>     BC
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>
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>
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