'Race Experience' Brings Participants Face-to-Face With Diversity, Cultural Identity
Published 02.12.2015
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Members of the Penn College community, curious about how they would look with altered ethnicity, have visited The Race Experience this past week in Madigan Library. The kiosk, a touch-screen installation on the library's first floor through Friday, takes a digital photograph and transforms it to literally let participants see themselves in a different skin. The booth is designed to facilitate a healthy dialogue on the value of diversity, allowing visitors to share the face-morphing photos via social media and to reflect on societal factors that perpetuate racism and discrimination. Co-sponsored by the Student Government Association, the interactive display – with a mantra of "There is only race: the human race" – reinforces the college's cross-campus commitment as a Community of Respect.
Most photos by Dalaney T. Vartenisian, student photographer
Most photos by Dalaney T. Vartenisian, student photographer