Week 5: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories
"Holding a Mirror to Race"
This week, we’re revisiting Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Holding a Mirror to Race,” which looks at Derek Burrows, Greg French, and Gregory Fried’s interactive website called “Mirror of Race.” The website presents viewers with 19th century photographs that picture people of different races in varying settings, but only provides the accompanying caption after viewers click on the photo. This is meant to allow viewers to sit with their initial assumptions and perceptions about race, “privately self-examine” their unfiltered reactions, and prompt the internal and interpersonal dialogue that is crucial to eliminating racism.
Article link: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/holding-a-mirror-to-race/
Website link: http://mirrorofrace.org/
Posted: July 20, 2020, 10:17 AM