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  • The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Explains What it Is to Be Mixed and Happy

    The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Explains What it Is to Be Mixed and Happy The Huffington Post 2010-05-04 Marcia Dawkins, Clinical Assistant Professor of Communications University of Southern California, Annenberg Professors Ravinder Barn and Vicki Harman from the Centre for Criminology and Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London are carrying out a…

  • “I Want to be Nothing”. Challenging Notions of Culture, Race and Identity

    “I Want to be Nothing”. Challenging Notions of Culture, Race and Identity Studia Humanistyczne AGH Volume 10, Issue 2 (2011) pages 75-83 Agata Lubowicka University of Gdansk, Poland This article tackles the issue of “hyphenated identities” in Heidi W. Durrow’s novel The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (2010), whose main topic is growing up…

  • Anti-Essentialism and Intersectionality: Tools to Dismantle the Master’s House

    I want to begin my talk with a quote from the late poet Audre Lorde: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” was asked to speak today about anti-essentialism and intersectionality. I am glad to do so, for I believe both concepts are indispensable tools for dismantling the master’s house.

  • Despite ‘Enormous Strides,’ Minorities Still Face Barriers, President Says

    Despite ‘Enormous Strides,’ Minorities Still Face Barriers, President Says The New York Times 2013-08-23 John Hurdle and Peter Baker SCRANTON, Pa. — President Obama declared on Friday that the United States had made “enormous strides” in race relations since the March on Washington 50 years ago, but said “institutional barriers” for African-Americans and other minorities…

  • We Should all Be Terrified

    We Should all Be Terrified brianbantum: theology, culture, teaching and life in-between 2013-07-14 Brian Bantum, Assistant Professor of Theology Seattle Pacific University Today, do not speak to me of peace. Do not speak to me of reconciliation or “turn the other cheek.” Today we must confess. We must confess to what our nation was and…

  • The Stuart Hall Project (2013) (John Akomfrah – Smoking Dogs Films)

    The Stuart Hall Project (2013) (John Akomfrah – Smoking Dogs Films) darkmatter: in the ruins of imperial culture General Issue 10 (2013-07-18) ISSN: 2041-3254 Dhanveer Singh Brar “With deepest gratitude and respect” – If there is a moment when the pieces of Akomfrah’s The Stuart Hall Project fall into place, it is with this closing note.…

  • Making it Last: A Couple Who See Race Clearly

    Making it Last: A Couple Who See Race Clearly The New York Times 2013-08-23 Erika Allen Booming’s “Making It Last” column profiles baby boomer couples who have been together 25 years or more. Christopher and Laura Castoro met when she asked him to tutor her in German. They didn’t realize they were of different race…

  • Not All Blacks Are African American: The Importance of Viewing Advisees as Individuals in a Culturally Mosaic Context

    Not All Blacks Are African American: The Importance of Viewing Advisees as Individuals in a Culturally Mosaic Context The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal Pennsylvania State University 2013-08-15 Mary M. Livingston, Professor of Psychology Louisiana Tech University Latoya Pierce, Assistant professor of Psychology Louisiana Tech University Lou’uan Gollop-Brown, Assistant Professor of Psychology Louisiana Tech University…

  • Race on the Menu: Cheerios, Paula Deen, with Some Supreme Court for Dessert

    Race on the Menu: Cheerios, Paula Deen, with Some Supreme Court for Dessert brianbantum: theology, culture, teaching and life in-between 2012-06-26 Brian Bantum, Assistant Professor of Theology Seattle Pacific University It’s been a bad month. For some reason incidents and issues of race seems to appear like death, in groups of three. They clump together,…