Eric Stoller's Blog

| higher education | technology | consulting |

Can Social Media End Racism?

with 7 comments

Carmen Van Kerckhove from Racialicious has submitted a panel idea for the SXSW Interactive Festival:

Can Social Media End Racism?
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.

Related posts:

  1. Erase Racism Carnival #10
  2. Resources from our ACPA Social Media session
  3. Academic Advising & Social Media
  4. Oregon State University Social Media Directory
  5. Sustaining social media strategies

Written by Eric Stoller

August 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

Posted in Race,Social Justice,This and that

Tagged with , , , , ,

«
»

7 Responses to 'Can Social Media End Racism?'

Subscribe to comments with RSS or TrackBack to 'Can Social Media End Racism?'.

  1. The peanut gallery wants to know what your answer to the question is.

    =)

    Dennis

    11 Aug 08 at 10:30 am

  2. No. I don’t feel that social media will “end racism”. Ending racism is going to take a lot of work/education/awareness/change and I believe that social media can certainly be part of the equation…

    What do you think?

    Eric Stoller

    11 Aug 08 at 10:43 am

  3. I agree. In fact, I suspect Van Kerckhove is being intentionally over the top. I hope so, at any rate.

    Also, I have no idea what ‘social media’ is, unless it’s another term for blogs.

    Dennis

    11 Aug 08 at 11:35 am

  4. You have to give it to him. It’s a great title for a presentation. Creates good buzz, especially if he has something interesting to say about it.

    Kyle James

    12 Aug 08 at 7:32 am

  5. I could be wrong, but I didn’t think Van Kerckhove identified as male. The post title is the same as the proposed panel title, so I don’t think it’s original to Eric.

    Dennis

    12 Aug 08 at 9:00 am

  6. Kyle – Carmen is a woman. “You have to give it to her. It’s a great title for a presentation. Creates good buzz, especially if she has something interesting to say about it.”

    Eric Stoller

    12 Aug 08 at 9:03 am

  7. Hey Eric–
    Thanks for dropping by… I left a response to your question.

    AS for social media, I don’t know the answer.

    crall

    16 Aug 08 at 6:42 pm

Leave a Reply