Join the Webinar TODAY at 12:30 EST! #FightForOurHistory: Standing Against Censorship in Henrico County
As part of Black History Month at Glen Allen High School in Henrico County, Virginia, Professor Ravi K. Perry from Virginia Commonwealth University showed AAPF's Unequal Opportunity Race video. The video was shown to facilitate a discussion on racial inequality. Despite its accurate illustrations of historical events and contemporary racial inequities, the Unequal Opportunity Race has been demeaned as a "white guilt video" by a vocal minority in Henrico County and national outlets such as Fox News. Though that interpretation of the video is both misguided and unfortunate, Micky Ogburn’s reaction is far more disturbing. Denouncing the video as divisive, Ogburn, the School Board’s Chair, proclaimed that "school leaders have been instructed not to use the video in our schools.”
Join us to combat this blatant censorship and set the record straight through an interactive webinar TODAY -- Friday, February 19 from 12:30-2:00 EST.
Hear from a range of leading voices on combating structural racism including Luke Harris, Devon Carbado, Sumi Cho, Ravi K. Perry, Adria Scharf, and Korina Lopez!
Join the conversation on social media using the hashtags #HistorySoWhite and #FightForOurHistory
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AAPF's joint statement with the National Association for Ethnic Studies
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