RACE: Are We So Different?
October 3 - December 31, 2009

RACE explores the science, history and personal experiences of race, helping us understand what race is and what it is not. The exhibit provides guests the opportunity to think and talk about one of our nation’s most challenging issues and encourages us to rethink our assumptions of race and human variation. Through multimedia, interactive exhibits and imagery, RACE gives guests of all ages the opportunity to think and talk about a topic that touches our lives daily.

Highlights include:

• Take a 3D trip into your cells
• Take a walk in someone else’s shoes
• Discover that humans are more alike genetically than any other species.
• Match voices with people in photos, with surprising results
• Watch an insightful movie of a teenage girl’s experience
• Test your knowledge of sports facts and stereotypes
• Learn about grouping and its affects
• Post your comments in a race blog

RACE: Are We So Different? gives us the tools to recognize racial ideas and practices in contemporary American life and the ability to challenge popular notions of race.

For more information, visit www.understandingrace.org.