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To recognize and thank COSI for their efforts in bringing the national exhibit, RACE: Are We So Different?, to Columbus.
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WHEREAS, COSI will host the national exhibit, RACE: Are We So Different?, from January 28-May 6, 2012. RACE: Are We So Different? is the first national traveling exhibition to tell the story of human evolution in a context that combines the biological, cultural, and historical perspectives at once; and
WHEREAS, RACE: Are We So Different? explores the similarities and differences among people that reveal the reality and unreality of race; and
WHEREAS, RACE: Are We So Different? is a complex, multi-dimensional experience that will challenge how individuals think about race and human variation. It also shows the differences among people and the similarities that unite us all; and
WHEREAS, an individual's race has historically been used to justify mistreatment of people and even genocide. Today, contemporary scientific understanding of human variation is beginning to challenge traditional views of racial differences; and
WHEREAS, this exhibition questions the very concept of race by asking; Are We So Different? By culminating our perspectives of history and evolution, the concept of race will be redefined and show that we are all one race; and
WHEREAS, in providing a platform to talk about the important topic of race, COSI hopes to spark a conversation that goes beyond the exhibition's time here in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, as Columbus, and the nation as a whole, become increasingly diverse, COSI's efforts to bring and share RACE: Are We So Different? with Columbus provide a welcome enrichment opportunity to our community; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and thank COSI for bringing the national exhibit, RACE: Are We So Different?, to Columbus.