Herald: UVSC plans week of events honoring Black History Month
Originally posted on DarronSmith.com on 2004-09-28
archive.harktheherald.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=./pubfiles/prv/archive/2003/February/17/LocalArts/16883.xml
Excerpt from Daily Herald Newspaper February 17, 2003
Darron Smith, program co-chair and assistant to the vice president of academics at UVSC, said he sees first-hand the need for programs such as this in the valley.
"There's a dearth of African-American culture in this community, " said Smith, who is black. "What the larger community really knows about black culture is from the media, how the media portrays blacks. " Those portrayals are often stereotypical, he said.
"We'd like to offer a different perspective on black culture, " he said. "By all means, these events don't really encapsulate the fulness of black culture, but they certainly give a snapshot of what blacks have had to deal with, particularly in the past 40 years, post-Civil Rights Movement. "
archive.harktheherald.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=./pubfiles/prv/archive/2003/February/17/LocalArts/16883.xml
Excerpt from Daily Herald Newspaper February 17, 2003
Darron Smith, program co-chair and assistant to the vice president of academics at UVSC, said he sees first-hand the need for programs such as this in the valley.
"There's a dearth of African-American culture in this community, " said Smith, who is black. "What the larger community really knows about black culture is from the media, how the media portrays blacks. " Those portrayals are often stereotypical, he said.
"We'd like to offer a different perspective on black culture, " he said. "By all means, these events don't really encapsulate the fulness of black culture, but they certainly give a snapshot of what blacks have had to deal with, particularly in the past 40 years, post-Civil Rights Movement. "
Labels: Black History Month, UVSC
posted by Darron Smith at
6:51 PM
<< Home