[ACLA-CAAL] BCSA Open Letter regarding Congress incident

Thu Jun 13 15:49:31 UTC 2019

Dear all,
Personally, I unconditionally support three of the four actions that BCSA demanded the Federation take in their Open Letter.

However Action #3 gave me pause for thought: “3. The mention of anti-Black racism be added to the theme of Congress 2020: Bridging Divides (for example: Bridging Divides and Confronting Anti-Black racism)”.  Mentioning racism in the Congress 2020 theme is certainly important to do for many reasons; however, my concern is how the specificity of “anti-Black racism” may contribute to sidelining essential discussions around other racisms. Acknowledging my own naiveté in these matters, I humbly ask our ACLA-CAAL colleagues working on anti-racist scholarship to weigh in on the concern I have raised about action #3.

Thank you to our ACLA-CAAL executive for their leadership in our collective response to this incident.
Sincerely,
Monica

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De : ACLA-CAAL <acla-caal-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> De la part de Julie Kerekes
Envoyé : 13 juin 2019 10:24
À : Shin, Hyunjung <hyunjung.shin at usask.ca>; Eve Haque <ehaque at yorku.ca>
Cc : acla-caal at listserv.linguistlist.org
Objet : Re: [ACLA-CAAL] BCSA Open Letter regarding Congress incident

Me, too.
-Julie

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Julie Kerekes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Language and Literacies Education
Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning
OISE/University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
Canada

On 2019-06-13, 10:23 AM, "ACLA-CAAL on behalf of Shin, Hyunjung" <acla-caal-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org<mailto:acla-caal-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of hyunjung.shin at usask.ca<mailto:hyunjung.shin at usask.ca>> wrote:

I also wondered what specific action ACLA took for BCSA. I'd be happy to support any collective action to show support and solidarity.

Hyunjung

Hyunjung Shin, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Curriculum Studies, University of Saskatchewan

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On 12 Jun 2019, at 5:47 PM, Eve Haque <ehaque at yorku.ca<mailto:ehaque at yorku.ca>> wrote:
Did ACLA write a letter of support for the BCSA?  Many associations did.
Eve

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From: "Talmy, Steven" <steven.talmy at ubc.ca<mailto:steven.talmy at ubc.ca>>
Date: 2019-06-08 2:07 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: acla-caal at listserv.linguistlist.org<mailto: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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