Trial By Jury: The Case of the N Word

In this provocative, interactive event, a 9-year-old girl learns the
“N-Word” during a history lesson. The school’s choice to include the word in its elementary curriculum disturbs her parents. The school counters that black history lessons deserve greater authenticity.

Participants will watch a filmed dramatization of a trial and then engage in deliberation as if they were the jury, considering questions such as:

What impact can be measured by the infliction or mere utterance of the N-Word?

How does The N-Word strengthen a bond or pierce the sheer membrane of civility?

What would happen if The N-Word were put on trial?