{"id":33798,"date":"2013-12-14T13:56:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=33798"},"modified":"2013-12-14T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T20:41:04","slug":"science-fiction-and-multiraciality-from-octavia-butler-to-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=33798","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction and Multiraciality: From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/science-fiction-and-multiraciality-octavia-butler-harry-potter\" target=\"_blank\">Science Fiction and Multiraciality: From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Historical Society<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations<\/a><br \/>\nSaturday, 2013-12-14, 14:00-17:00 EST (Local Time)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynhistory.org\/graphics\/LittleCBBGlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How do science fiction narratives investigate questions about identity, racism, and fear?<\/p>\n<p>Join us for a fun, interactive presentation and dialogue about mixed-race identity in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Potter\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a> franchise, the legacy of African-American sci-fi author <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Octavia_E._Butler\" target=\"_blank\">Octavia Butler<\/a>, and the role of the imaginary in destabilizing oppression and re-envisioning multiracial community.<\/p>\n<p>We will be debunking myths, talking back to popular sci-fi movies and stories, and exploring new possibilities for racial justice through imagination. We will explore racial elements of popular fictional universes, participate in collective storytelling, and we encourage dressing up as your favorite sci-fi character!<\/p>\n<p>Presenters include: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/erichamako.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Hamako<\/a><\/strong> from University of Massachusetts Amherst on <em>Harry Potter and the Mistaken Myth of the Mixed-Race Messiah<\/em>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walidah.com\/bio\" target=\"_blank\">Walidah Imarisha<\/a><\/strong>, Co-Editor of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.octaviasbrood.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Octavia\u2019s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This event is co-sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/thehpalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter Alliance<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MixedRaceStudies.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MixedRaceStudies.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/cbbg.brooklynhistory.org\/blog\/science-fiction-and-multiraciality-octavia-butler-harry-potter\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Fiction and Multiraciality: From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Saturday, 2013-12-14, 14:00-17:00 EST (Local Time) How do science fiction narratives investigate questions about identity, racism, and fear? Join us for a fun, interactive presentation and dialogue about mixed-race identity in the Harry Potter franchise, the legacy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1196,13,8,20],"tags":[6560,1525,8941,6668,15884],"class_list":["post-33798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-criticism","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-brooklyn-historical-society","tag-eric-hamako","tag-harry-potter","tag-octavia-butler","tag-walidah-imarisha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}