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Race/Remix
The University of Arizona bringsart and music
fans a long awaited podcastabout racial justice in the arts
called Race/Remix.
When you're talking about social, politicalissues, or identity politics and race.
It's an easy move to grab a headlineand throw it on a canvas.
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Or make a sculptureand talk about the trauma.
But there's all these other emotionsembedded in that.
There's a lot of joy and pride,and that's what makes the black
or brown or indigenous experience so rich.
Join us as we navigate topicsabout cultural identities, industries,
media, healthcare,justice systems, immigration
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and an anti-racism approachto education in the arts.
So when you watch a movie,you're just relating to the story.
If it's being done correctlyand you're having an emotional experience
and you're relating to the characters
and you're not really thinkingabout where they're from...
You’re just thinking about, wow, this is a familythat's really going through it.
And I have a family
that's really gone through it.And people just identify in that way.
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And then that allows informationto come in and to learn things.
Join us for the conversation and find outwhat does equity in the arts like now.
So Navlish is the codificationof how Navajos deal with language.
And just the same way that Black English
is that kind of thing,or African-American vernacular English.
And so trans language
for me really reflectsthat there are no boundaries between
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language. And speakers like methat are multilingual,
are using all of the structuresand all of the vocabularies at one time.
Race/Remix gives a platform to share
what we know and what we have learnedabout abolition and the arts.
We should have access to music, however,
you can't just come in rape and pillagethis music either, you know.
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You need to know the history behind it.
You need to know the culture, the context,the people that have made it important.
And does that meanyou have to write a dissertation about it? No.
But there does have to be some sincerity
and a distinct desireto learn and contribute
to it for the greater good.
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We strive to provide transformative spacefor learning opportunities.
Growing up,I did not have a Black community.
You know,I was raised by white Irish immigrants.
And so as an adult,my practice really revolved around
trying to connect with that ancestryand that history.
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In these conversations,
we aim to build connectionswith compassion and co-conspiratorship.
That's part of the beauty of chamber
music, is this collaborative moment.
You come together, you look at each other,you communicate across the stands
to each other and say,I got you, man, I got you.
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We are so excited to share their storiesand experiences of racial justice
in the arts.
When you design a typefaceor you choose a typeface,
you can add that extra edge to it.
Like you can tell a story through the form andthat just fascinates me.
That endless sort of search to findthe right voice for a particular text.
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It's like the graphic designersrole becomes interpretive in that way.
We are excited to inviteyou to the conversation,
hear what you think and connect with you as a listener.
Once we start to reckon with the factthat equity, justice --- this is not charity work.
This is not work that some groupsare doing on behalf of others.
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I'm inviting you to this work.To act selfishly
for your own humanity,for your own wellbeing. To understand
that you are connected to every otherliving thing on this planet.
Listen to our first podcastavailable on Apple Podcasts,
Google Podcasts, Spotifyand most podcast platforms worldwide.
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Race/Remix