Category: Articles

  • “The Free State of Jones” on Film: A Q&A with Victoria Bynum The Society of Civil War Historians 2016-03-01 Megan Kate Nelson This May, STX Entertainment will release the film Free State of Jones, which tells the story of the Knight Company and the Jones County rebellion, a Civil War history first told by Victoria…

  • ‘Blaxicans’ photos explore Angelenos straddling two worlds Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-03-01 Emanuella Grinberg, Writer/Producer CNN Digital Blaxicans of L.A. is an Instagram account that grew into a show at Los Angeles’ Avenue 50 Studio during Black History Month. The exhibit includes portraits with captions detailing personal histories and experiences with colorism and self-identity. Ken…

  • Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics Pew Research Center Washington, D.C. 2016-03-01 Gustavo López, Research Assistant Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Research Associate Identity for U.S. Hispanics is multidimensional and multifaceted. For example, many Hispanics tie their identity to their ancestral countries of origin – Mexico, Cuba, Peru or the Dominican Republic. They may also look…

  • That girl doesn’t have an ass.” The words hurled through the thick, humid air as if lobbed by a knife-thrower and struck me for reasons I couldn’t quite place at the time, reasons deeply rooted in my struggle to navigate my identity and subjectivity.

  • The Professors vs. The President: Has Obama Done Enough for African-Americans? NBC News 2016-02-28 Perry Bacon Jr., Senior Political Reporter Michael Eric Dyson and Eddie Glaude Jr., two well-respected black intellectuals and professors, make the same argument in books they have released over the last month: President Obama hasn’t done enough on policy to help…

  • Feature: Five Qs with Sharon H. Chang Writing like an Asian: Thoughts on writing, composition, and issues of identity 2016-02-26 Jee Yoon Lee, Lecturer in English/Adjust Professor Georgetown University/George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Sharon H. Chang worked with young children and families for over a decade as a teacher, administrator, advocate and parent educator. She…

  • Don’t Call Me the ‘Black Seth Rogen’ The New York Times 2016-02-27 Colton Dunn Richie Pope Los Angeles — YEARS ago, I was in a cast in what’s called a “network showcase.” Hollywood does tons of these types of showcase shows. The networks bring in young actors to create material and perform for agents, managers…

  • A Conversation With Latinos on Race The New York Times 2016-02-29 Joe Brewster Blair Foster Michèle Stephenson Last year we set out to make a series of short documentaries that we hoped would foster a discussion about race relations in the United States. To date the series has focused on the personal nuances of systemic…

  • Thank You, Melissa Harris-Perry The Nation 2016-02-29 Dave Zirin Melissa Harris-Perry (You Tube) The most diverse, intellectually bracing show on network news was treated as expendable, and its host would not have it. She and her show will be sorely missed. This weekend, a show that mattered to its audience as few programs on the…