Black History Month

The Human Race Machine Jan. 28-Feb. 1

8 a.m. Jan. 28, 2013
SSB Lounge

To kick off SCC's celebration of Black History Month, The Human Race Machine will be on campus Monday-Friday, Jan. 28-Feb. 1.

What is The Human Race Machine? It is like a photo booth. The Human Race Machine captures an image of your face and then morphs your face into several racial/ethnic categories. You will have the opportunity to email the images of your morphed face to yourself.

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Race — The Power of Illusion: The Difference Between Us

10 a.m. Jan. 28, 2013
SSB Auditorium

The Difference Between Us is the first episode in the documentary film series RACE – The Power of an Illusion. According to PBS, "this episode shows that despite what we've always believed, the world's peoples simply don't come bundled into distinct biological groups."

Following the film, Vicky Herbel, SCC associate professor of sociology. will lead a discussion about race.

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Race — The Power of Illusion: The Story We Tell

11:30 a.m. Jan. 29, 2013
SSB Auditorium

The Story We Tell is the second episode in the documentary film series RACE – The Power of an Illusion. According to PBS, "this episode traces the origins of the racial idea to the European conquest of the New World and to the American slave system – the first ever where all the slaves shared similar physical traits and a common ancestry."

A discussion about race will follow the film.

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Race — The Power of Illusion: The House We Live In

1 p.m. Jan. 30, 2013
SSB Auditorium

The House We Live In is the third episode in the documentary film series RACE – The Power of an Illusion. PBS asks "if race doesn't exist biologically, what is it? And why should it matter? This final episode focuses not on individual attitudes and behavior but on the ways our institutions and policies advantage some groups at the expense of others."

Following the film, there will be a discussion about race led by Vicky Herbel, SCC associate professor of sociology.

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"A Lot Like You" Film

Noon Feb. 4, 2013
SC Private Dining Room

(NR)

A first-generation American goes in search of her identity and discovers that the cycle of gender violence she’s been working hard to break in the U.S. is part of her history and culture on another continent. A Lot Like You raises questions about the cultures we inherit and what we choose to pass down, and reveals how bearing witness can break silences that have lasted lifetimes.

This film is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Multicultural Programming Committee.

Learn more about "A Lot Like You" at IMDb.com.

NOTE: The showing has been moved to the Private Dining Room in the Student Center.

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Eli Kimaro, Filmmaker: Interracial Relationships

7 p.m. Feb. 5, 2013
SSB Auditorium

Seattle-based filmmaker Eliaichi “Ellie” Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When Ellie was older and in an interracial relationship of her own, she wanted to better understand this world her father had left behind when he was 18. So when Dr. Kimaro moved back to Tanzania for good, Ellie followed him to make a film about this culture she would one day pass down to her kids.

This Black History Month event is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Multicultural Programming Committee.

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