Word: symposium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interests of the world's indigenous peoples. Tens of thousands of diplomats, scientists, ecologists, theorists, feminists, journalists, tourists and assorted hangers-on are expected to gather in dozens of auditoriums and outdoor sites for nearly 400 official and unofficial events, among them an environmental technology fair, a scientific symposium and a meeting of mayors. Peter Max's art will appear on special postage stamps. A Robert Rauschenberg poster will be slapped up on walls. Placido Domingo will headline a star-studded musical tribute to the planet. And a full-size replica of a 9th century Viking ship will sail...
...title of the symposium was not changed...
SIMILARLY, Peninsula's outrageous poster publicizing a talk entitled "Spade Kicks: a Symposium on Modernity and the Negro as a Paradigm of sexual Liberation" did nothing to promote dialogue, and only stirred intergroup disputes. The racial slurs and allusions to negative stereotypes of Black sexuality--including the poster's image of a Black woman performing a strip before a white audience--are hurtful and insensitive...
Condemnations by the Black students Association, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Assistant Dean for Race Relations and Minority Affairs Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle convinced Peninsula to remove the posters and change the symposium's title. At least the conservative group is now aware of their offensive and insensitive action...
Peninsula Council member Chris Vergonis '92 explained "the speakers used the word 'Negro' to place the symposium in its historical context." But historical context to some is racist and offensive to others...