MURFREESBORO — In
the midst of national turmoil over racial issues, the “MTSU On the Record”
radio program pauses to review the 2015 massacre in Charleston, South Carolina.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Latoya Eaves, a lecturer in the
Global Studies and Cultural Geography program, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m.
Monday, July 25, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, July 31, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
In an essay for the journal “Southeastern Geographer,” Eaves wrote
poignantly of the slayings of nine African-Americans during Bible study at
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the
South, on June 17, 2015.
Titled “We Wear the Mask,” a reference to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s
poem about the inability of African-Americans to give voice to all their
emotions in a white-dominated society, the essay analyzes the quality of
forgiveness as a black survival tactic.
Eaves said she was struck by how the forgiveness shown by the
victims’ loved ones toward the alleged murderer, Dylann Roof, resonated with
people through both conventional and social media.
“Forgiveness, in a way, is a way to navigate the world, and it’s a
pretty safe thing to do, and it’s also very important,” said Eaves. “But it
doesn’t take care of the issues that underlie some of this very structural
violence against people.”
To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://bit.ly/mtsu-otr.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at
615-898-2800.
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