Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor of the Department of African and African -American studies of Harvard University and founder of the Vision & AMP; Justice, performs at an event dedicated to the International Struggle Day for the elimination of racial discrimination. Interview | As art and culture can help put an end to racial discrimination Culture and education despite significant progress in recent years, the fight against racism and racial discrimination remains as relevant as before. “Ignorance contributes to racism, but racism is rooted in ignorance. To impose on a person racism, facts are hidden from him ”, & nbsp; – & nbsp; says Sarah Lewis, associate professor of the department of African and African American studies of Harvard University and the founder of the Vision & Amp; amp; Justice, which promotes & nbsp; justice and equality by research, art & nbsp; and culture. ~ 60 > Sarah Lewis arrived at the UN headquarters to participate in an event dedicated to the International Control Day for the elimination of racial discrimination. in an interview with the service & nbsp; she talked about an important relationship between the UN news art, culture and global actions to combat racial discrimination. ~ 60 > news service & nbsp; UN: as art can contribute to both an increase in racial discrimination and incentive to actions by actions Its & nbsp; elimination ?SL: I grew up near the UN headquarters-in just ten quarters. From a young age, narratives began to be interested in me that determine who is considered an important & nbsp; and who feels his belonging to society. The narratives that form our behavior and allow you to introduce laws and norms. 60 > I began to study & nbsp; the way, as due to the strength of culture, narrates retain their influence for centuries. We are here in order to note the important work on the formation of politics in different countries, but all this work cannot be & nbsp; stable without messages translated through the architectural environment, the strength of images, through the monuments. ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 >One of the thinkers in the United States, who was the first to pay attention to this idea, was the former slave and leader of the abolitionists Frederick Douglas. His speech Pictures in Progress, uttered in 1861 at the beginning of the civil war in the United States, is a kind of roadmarm of understanding & nbsp; cultures & nbsp; as a tool & nbsp; justice. He was not focused on the work of specific artists. He was interested in changes in perception that occur in each of us when we encounter a image that we clearly shows the injustice, the existence of which we did not know, and encourages the action. 60 > NBSP service: the UND also this year: this year also It is noted 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination . As, in your opinion, society can really join these historical efforts to fight & nbsp; for racial justice, especially in conditions when racism remains deeply rooted ? 60 ~/strong > 60 ~/p > sl: Now & NBSP; teaching standards, curricula in different countries have changed. Today, for example, there is an opinion that slavery can be taught from the point of view of its “usefulness” & nbsp; – as an alleged source of skills for enslaved people. 62 ~~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62When you ask what states can do, I believe that the emphasis should be made in education. Ignorance allows racism to exist, but racism also requires ignorance. He demands that we do not know the facts. When a person realizes that slavery was formally canceled, but transformed into other forms of systemic and stable inequality, then he understands that it is necessary to act. Without measures & nbsp; we will not be able to preserve, implement and implement those norms, politicians and agreements that & nbsp; we & nbsp; here we promote. ~ 60 > The best future of South Africa was hindered by apartheid, but overcoming racial injustice paved the path to equality and rights for everyone. news service & nbsp; UN: you are talking about the strength of education and the need to change narratives. How can society ensure real changes in these narratives and overcoming bias ?~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 >SL: If education & nbsp; so & nbsp; important, the question arises: which methods are better ? we get knowledge not only in universities and colleges. We study through the messages surrounding us in everyday life. ~ 60 > what we can do daily, regardless of position in society, & nbsp; – & nbsp; this is to ask ourselves and why we see it ? which narratives are broadcast a society who is considered “significant” in it ? and what we can change if we see the injustice of ? each of us has our own unique role in the formation of a more fair world. service News & nbsp; UN : when you studied at Harvard, you said that you felt a gap-as if you were not taught something. How important it is to include this topic in educational programs, especially in the USA ?SL: Soundering & NBSP; and washing memory cannot be acceptable in countries that strive for justice. I was lucky to study in outstanding educational institutions, but I realized that a lot was lost-not by evil intent, not because of a particular professor, but because of a culture that has determined which narratives are more important than others. 62 ~ ~ 60 > I understood this thanks to art-analyzing us, which we are teaching to pay attention to which we learned attention. Images and artists are considered “significant”. Ten years ago, I wrote a book, in fact, about failure – & nbsp; about our inability to notice lost narratives. In a sense, justice is & nbsp; this is the recognition by the society of its failures. ~ 60 > justice requires all humility from us, the ability to admit how wrong we were. This is the humility that a good teacher has, a good student and which we must cultivate as citizens, to return to educational narratives what was excluded. service News & nbsp; UN : In your book, you are talking about “almost failure” as a close victory. How can we learn to see the achieved progress in the fight against racial discrimination, and not feel the defeat from failures ? 60 ~/Strong > 60 > sl: how many movements for social justice began with the recognition of the error ? with the recognition of the fact that we were that we were wrong ? I think that’s it. They were born from this awareness. We have no right to give up. There are many men and women who, by their example, show how this is done. Frescoes with the image of the protest held in Memphis, Tennessee, while moving for civil rights in the United States. Charles Black Jr.-& nbsp; one of these people. In the 1930s, he came to a dance party and was amazed at & nbsp; playing a trumpeter. It was Louis Armstrong. He never heard about him, but at that moment he realized: if such a brilliant game comes from a black man, then racial segregation in America – & nbsp; this is wrong. And he himself was wrong. from that moment he stepped on the path to justice. He later became a lawyer in the Brown against the Education Council, which helped to cancel the segregation in the United States. He taught at the Colombian and Yale Universities, and every year he arranged “the night of listening to Armstrong” in memory of a person who helped him understand that he is & nbsp; and society was wrong, and that it could and should be done. 60 > we need to learn how to succumb to the feeling of defeat, And continue efforts. There are many such examples, but the story of Charles Black Jr. perfectly demonstrates how personal awareness can become a catalyst for public justice, which we are striving today. & Amp; nbsp; 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62