Participating in the Race Changers Project: Embarking into the Ignored

I read about the Race Changers project on Jenn's blog, Reappropriate today, and this anti-racism education exercise sounds interesting and intellectually exciting. So far, two assignments have been posted, and new assignments are posted weekly. Assignments about what, you ask? Let's see what the first post has to say about the project...

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The Goal
People often ask, “What can I do as an individual to make a difference?” Race Changers offers a way for any person to join the fight against racism. Each week we post a new assignment that we will all do together, and we discuss what we learned from the experience.

What it will look like
Assignments may be anything from reading a compelling article to initiating a thought-provoking conversation about a particular topic, from writing a journal entry to volunteering with a local campaign. We hope to harness the power of collective action to create the momentum we need to create lasting change.

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We are looking forward to making great changes and challenging racism along with all of you.

This project appears very ambitious and promising, so I plan to participate in the weekly assignments. Unfortunately I have to play catch-up for the first assignment, so I'll complete it now and add my observations/questions to the blog when I complete it (hopefully tonight; it'll be a great way to wake up my brain before studying for the criminal law midterm this Sunday).