Dickinson College to Host Discussion on Face Masks and Racial Profiling During the Pandemic

Face Masks and Coverings Could Intensify Racial Profiling and Stereotyping

Safronia Perry, advocate and executive director of Hope Station, will discuss how wearing face masks and coverings could intensify racial profiling and stereotyping of people of color in America. The virtual program, “How the Public’s Perception of Face Coverings and Face Masks Can Impact People of Color in the United States During the Coronavirus Pandemic,” will take place Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m. The link to the event will be found on The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues’ website. The public is invited to watch the discussion and submit questions in the comments section of the YouTube live stream.

Perry is an advocate for African Americans and women’s rights. She is the executive director of Hope Station Area Neighborhood Council (Hope Station), a non-profit organization that serves a low-income neighborhood in Carlisle. Perry is a commissioner for the Carlisle Human Relations Commission and serves as president of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Advisory Council. Perry also serves on the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Inter-Agency Task Force; the Racial Justice Committee of the YWCA Carlisle; and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Harrisburg Chapter. She previously served as a board member of Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties. She facilitated a Social Justice Forum and has spoken on various panels, including at Harrisburg High School SciTech Campus, Giant Food Corporation and Dauphin County Technical School.

Perry will be joined in this conversation by Clarke Forum student program manager Carolina Celedón '22 and Clarke Forum student co-supervisor Linh Nguyen '20. 

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Published April 29, 2020