Author: Steven

  • “I remember a mom of a friend of mine in the suburbs made some comment about a black person and – I had to be 12, about 60 pounds – and I said something and she said: ‘Oh no, not you. You are not black. You are great.’ It was real. That fucking happened. And…

  • Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘I want black musicians to walk on to the stage and know they belong’ The Guardian 2015-06-02 Chi-chi Nwanoku Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘I feel sure that bringing a group of people together to play incredible music is a creatively powerful and positive thing.’ Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi For 30 years, double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku has…

  • NEW TO YOUTUBE | Chineke! – Europe’s First Black Orchestra Concert Debut [VIDEO] The Violin Channel 2015-09-15 Debut concert performance of the Chineke! Orchestra – Europe’s first professional orchestra made up entirely of musicians of colour. The 60-piece ensemble, founded by British double bassist Chichi Nwanoku, was established with the objective of making a conscious…

  • Marisa Franco The Graduate School University of Maryland 2015-05-21 “My graduate degree is shaping my life and career in a number of ways. The research skills I have gained at the University of Maryland have prepared me for a career in research in academia. An International Graduate Research Fellowship, in addition, gave me the opportunity…

  • Impact of Identity Invalidation for Black Multiracial People: The Importance of Race of Perpetrator Journal of Black Psychology Published online before print: 2015-09-08 DOI: 10.1177/0095798415604796 Marisa G. Franco University of Maryland Stephen A. Franco St. George’s University, St. George, Grenada, West Indies Multiracial people report repeated experiences of racial identity invalidation, in which their racial…

  • Chris Harper Mercer: details emerge of Oregon college killer The Guardian 2015-10-02 Ben Jacobs and Nicky Woolf Chris Harper Mercer, the alleged gunman in the Oregon shootings. He had captioned this photo: ‘Me, holding a rifle.’ Photograph: Myspace Umpqua college shooter, who was born in England according to media reports, had a varied online presence…

  • Jesse Williams: ‘Celebrity culture? I am not going to participate in that’ The Guardian 2015-10-01 Jana Kasperkevic The Grey’s Anatomy star is back on screen as TV pin-up Jackson Avery, but for the former teacher it’s his civil rights work he wants people to talk about There is a heatwave making its way through Los…

  • Jesse Williams Discusses Biracial Privileges and Social Justice: ‘Black Americans Are Not Angry. They Are Hurting’ The Root 2015-10-02 Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele It has always been a pet peeve of mine when biracial people seem to ignore their white side and act as if the world perceives them as black through and through. I always…

  • Controversial Hire Won’t Serve as Dartmouth’s Native American Program Director Valley News White River Junction, Vermont 2015-10-02 Rob Wolfe, Valley News Staff Writer Susan Taffe Reed stepped down as director of Dartmouth’s Native American Program. (Dartmouth College – Eli Burakian) Hanover — Dartmouth College officials said Thursday that the school’s new Native American Program director…

  • ‘One Drop of Love’ The Sophian: The Independent Newspaper of Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts 2015-09-24 Eliza Going, Contributing Writer Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni performed her well-known one-woman play challenging the construct of race, “One Drop of Love,” on Sept. 18 and 19 in the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. In this show, she not only tells the…