Start Talking About Race

1 Credit · Level: Undergraduate

STAR (Start Talking About Race) is a credit-bearing course that was born out of an initiative started by Whitney Maddox at Georgetown University in 2019 after noticing that the conversation around race was an intellectual exercise that lacked personal accountability. STAR combines reflection, storytelling and vulnerability in order to center a topic that we often try to avoid - race. This course provides students a space to question how your race impacts who you are, what you believe and how you engage with others. We will also go beyond the individual level of looking at race to thinking about the group and systems levels in order to see how race is intertwined into every fabric of our society. We will also have the treat of engaging in a conversation about race with staff from National Public Radio (NPR).