About  ‘Guess  My  Race’  We hope you have come to see that racial identities are more complex than they might seem at first glance. By presenting you with facts about race through looking at real people and the way they think about their own lives, our goal is to inspire you to think deeply about these categories we call “race.” Acknowledging the complexity of race as a cultural and historical construction is difficult. Despite the challenge, it is critical that we all learn to talk more openly, honestly, and empathetically about these issues. Because when we learn the facts and engage with people about the realities of their lives, we are compelled to actively contest the current state of affairs where inaction, rather than overt racism, perpetuates the inequalities and injustices that linger from the past.

The Race Awareness Project™ brings together art, technology, and education to get people talking about race in an entirely new way. Through this project, Harvard University cultural anthropologist and Director of Cambridge Diversity Consulting, Dr. Michael D. Baran is designing activities, games, books, and applications for all ages. The goal is to make widespread some of the fascinating anthropological, historical, psychological and sociological insights about race – how race developed, how race is historically changing, and how race affects our everyday lives as it intersects with other categories of identity such as ethnicity, nationality, religion, and gender. By teaching about race in an innovative and engaging way, Dr. Baran is working towards promoting respect, understanding and empathy for all people.

Guess My Race was created by Dr. Baran and produced by award winning children’s interactive producer and Director of Playtime Interactive LLC, Michael Handelman (www.playtimeinteractive.com).

Photographs taken by Ruthie Brownfield (www.ruthiebrownfield.com).

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