{"id":35146,"date":"2013-12-23T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T11:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=35146"},"modified":"2014-01-01T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:24:23","slug":"is-race-a-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=35146","title":{"rendered":"Is Race a Fiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/ideas\/coming-up\/2013\/12\/04\/is-race-a-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is Race a Fiction?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ideas with Paul Kennedy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.radio-canada.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBC Radio-Canada<\/a><br \/>\n2013-12-04<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/ideas\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Kennedy<\/a><\/strong>, Host<\/p>\n<p>Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it? Watch a live panel discussion with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrencehill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lawrence Hill<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/priscilauppal.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Priscila Uppal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayden_King\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden King<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.utoronto.ca\/facultystaff\/facultyprofiles\/vernon.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Karina Vernon<\/a> moderated by Ideas host Paul Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>What happens to personal identity when race is removed as a marker of who you are? What happens when we use the term &#8220;culture&#8221; to replace the idea of race?&#8221; The panelists explore these questions and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lawrence Hill<\/strong>: <em>Blood: The Stuff of Life<\/em> is Lawrence Hill\u2019s ninth book. His earlier works include the novels <em>Some Great Thing<\/em> and, and the memoir <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=3899\" target=\"_blank\">Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayden_King\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden King<\/a><\/strong> is an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anishinaabe\" target=\"_blank\">Anishinaabe<\/a> writer, student, teacher, researcher at Ryerson University, McMaster University and Beausoleil First Nation.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/priscilauppal.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Priscila Uppal<\/a><\/strong> is a poet, novelist, playwright and York University Professor in the Department of English.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.utoronto.ca\/facultystaff\/facultyprofiles\/vernon.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Karina Vernon<\/a><\/strong> is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and co-founder and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commodorebooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Commodore Books<\/a>, the first black literary press in western Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-N0TUgpkOe8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Race a Fiction? Ideas with Paul Kennedy CBC Radio-Canada 2013-12-04 Paul Kennedy, Host Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it? Watch a live panel discussion with Lawrence Hill, Priscila Uppal, Hayden King and Karina Vernon moderated by Ideas host Paul Kennedy. 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