Race, Arts, and Aesthetics

Race is more than individual identification. Our understandings of race and belonging are also publicly constructed and reinforced.

The Red Chador: Threshold - Race, Arts, and Aesthetics (2016-05-29) by Anida Yoeu Ali, Studio Revolt, and Les TalusanOriginal Source: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Race, Arts, and Aesthetics

Race is more than individual identification. Our understandings of race and belonging are also publicly constructed and reinforced.

Popular culture and shared public spaces can expose the tensions between what we see and who is represented.

This pillar explores how public representations of race affect our understandings of history, ourselves, and each other.

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