If you're down at SXSW you probably don't want to miss this (from AAM):
For those in the Austin area and/or planning to attend SXSW 2009, please come out and join Latoya Peterson of Racialicious, Kety Esquivel of CrossLeft, Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine and me for our panel, Can Social Media End Racism?Check out more about the panel here, and also check out the Facebook group here.
Here are the basic details:
Can Social Media End Racism?
Sunday, March 15th 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Room 8, Austin Convention Center
The tangled issues of race and privilege in our society come to a boiling point on the internet. Exploring the complicated place of race in society, this presentation examines the ideas of race in the digital environment with a specific focus on social media.
