[ACLA-CAAL] BCSA Open Letter regarding Congress incident

Wed Jun 12 14:32:40 UTC 2019

Did ACLA write a letter of support for the BCSA?  Many associations did.
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From: "Talmy, Steven" <steven.talmy at ubc.ca>
Date: 2019-06-08 2:07 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: acla-caal at listserv.linguistlist.org
Subject: Re: [ACLA-CAAL] BCSA Open Letter regarding Congress incident

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
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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

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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.

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