Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Unsettling the Ordinariness of Racism
A Community of Practice workshop
Event details
May 19, 2026
6:00 p.m - 7:30 p.m (PST)
Online via zoom
Event description
How do you recognize something that exists in everyday life, yet is so common as to be unremarkable? Racism is like this, ordinary and mundane. But when we fail to see stories of racism, we miss out on better understanding the different shapes racism can take, and its impact on people’s health and wellbeing. In this workshop, we will practice “saying the quiet part out loud” and use art and poetry to bring our awareness to the ordinary existence of racism. Participants will be able to write, reflect, and share with the group.
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Cost: $10
Workshop fees allow NWNMC to pay for facilitators, meeting technology, and event space. However, NWNMC never wants cost to be a barrier to participation. If money is an issue, please select a free ticket.
Facilitators
Danielle McCarthy is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the sociology department. Her primary areas of research focus on the biopolitics of hair, Black women’s reproductive health, historical sociology, and Black political economy. Her work seeks to understand how racism works as an ongoing and recurring process that reproduces racialized reproductive health outcomes over time, particularly through the political economy. Currently, she is working on her dissertation, which examines the relationship between the beauty economy, Black women’s reproductive health, and the Black political economy. In her spare time, she enjoys bird watching, boutique making, painting, Bible study, and a rotation of hobbies.