
As part of the satellite activities that the Faculty of Geography and History has organized in November around 25N, this week the round table "IT'S BLACK, LIKE ME" was held in the Palmireno Room of our center. The starting point of the debate has been the video released on social networks in connection with the premiere of the Disney movie The Little Mermaid, where black girls, seeing the skin color of the new protagonist, shout "It's black, like me." ”, at the same time that they applaud happily when they see themselves identified with the fictional character. With this, this round table has focused the debate on the importance of contemporary visual representation as a way to promote a non-racist and inclusive education. The round table, organized by professors from the Department of Art History, included three specialists in gender studies: the Equatoguinean writer, feminist and human rights activist Ángela Nzambi, the art historian, specialist in film and audiovisual productions, Áurea Ortiz Villeta, and the art historian, specialist in gender and antiquity, Esther Parpal Cabanes, who recently received the Olga Quiñones Award from the Office of the Vice-Rector for Equality, Diversity and Inclusive Policies of the University of Valencia in the modality 'Doctoral Thesis with a Gender Perspective '. The initiative has had the support of the Innovation Plan of the Faculty of Geography and History, which, as has been the case for years, prioritizes among its lines of action activities focused on achieving greater social and educational inclusion in teaching classrooms.