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This quilt commemorates an interactive art installation that occurred in the summer of 2001, at the Smith College School for Social Work. The art installation depicted images of racism and oppression. Based on an invitation to respond to this event, participants expressed their sentiments on the cotton strips, now woven into the quilt, representing a range of voices. The Class of 2002, the Anti-Racism Task Force, and the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute cooperated to complete the quilt project.
Racism is a system of
privilege, inequality, and oppression based on perceived categorical
differences, value assigned to those differences, and a system
of oppression that rewards and punishes people based on the
assigned differences. It is manifested politically,
socially, economically, culturally, interpersonally, and intrapersonally, and grounded in the unique history of racism in the United States.
Smith College School
for Social Work is committed to addressing the pernicious and enduring multilayered
effects of racism. Anti-racism initiatives promote respect
for and interest in multiple world views, values, and cultures.
The School for Social Work develops and teaches knowledge, skills and values that enhance
the ability to mutually affirm each other's equal place
in the world. In addition, self-reflection and deepening
conversations about race shape the School's anti-racism mission and
promote culturally responsive practice, research and scholarship,
and other anti-racism activities.
-voted December 2004
Anti-Racism Task Force
Anti-Racism Consultation Committee
Anti-Racism Orientation - June 3, 2007
Anti-Racism Panel - June 4, 2007 |
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