Category: Interviews

  • Carina E. Ray: Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana [Interview] New Books Network 2016-10-07 Dawne Curry, Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies University of Nebraska, Lincoln In Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana (Ohio University Press, 2015), Carina…

  • Meet Shereen Marisol Meraji, A Latina Journalist Tackling Race & Idendity Through Podcasting Latina 2016-11-23 Raquel Reichard, Politics & Culture Editor Hugo Rojo With Donald Trump, a candidate who ran on racism, xenophobia, sexism, Islamophobia and a disdain for journalists, heading to the White House, reports by and about the communities most impacted by the…

  • The first time I saw Michael Tisserand, he was walking up my doorstep, holding what appeared to be a red brick by his head, almost — but not quite– in a throwing pose. Turns out the red brick was the recently released Library of American Comics collection of “Krazy Kat” dailies for which he wrote…

  • Zadie Smith on Male Critics, Appropriation, and What Interests Her Novelistically About Trump The Slate Book Review Slate 2016-11-16 Isaac Chotiner A wide-ranging conversation. In an interview in 2000, Zadie Smith told the Guardian about the pressure she felt after the astonishing success of her debut novel, White Teeth. “I was expected to be some…

  • The Latinos Of Asia Think KERA Dallas, Texas 2016-11-14 Krys Boyd, Host and Managing Editor Filipino Americans are classified by the U.S. Census as Asian. But because of Spanish colonialism in the Philippines, many Filipinos also feel part Latino. This hour, we’ll talk about how skin color, history and other factors contribute to cultural identity…

  • Zadie Smith: By the Book The New York Times 2016-11-17 Zadie Smith Credit Illustration by Jillian Tamaki The author, most recently, of “Swing Time” says the best gift book she ever received was from her dying father, who “gave me his copy of ‘Ulysses,’ along with the confession he had never read it.” What books…

  • In ‘Loving,’ an American story about a marriage worth fighting for PBS NewsHour 2016-11-15 A new movie, “Loving,” tells the real-life story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple who were arrested because interracial marriage was illegal in their home state. They appealed their case and won a landmark civil rights ruling at the…

  • Trevor Noah Wasn’t Expecting Liberal Hatred The New York Times Magazine 2016-11-02 Ana Marie Cox Your memoir, “Born a Crime,” is a striking depiction of your life in South Africa both under and after apartheid. How has that experience formed your perspective on the divisions we’re seeing in America because of the election? America is…

  • I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Bryce Henson who recently defended his dissertation Rediasporizing Bahia: The Lived Experiences of Blackness and the Cultural Politics of Bahian Hip-Hop at the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In the following interview, which has been edited for clarity, structure, and brevity,…

  • Shaun King on Colin Kaepernick: He is Enormously Courageous and Has Sparked a Movement Among Athletes Democracy Now! 2016-10-21 Amy Goodman, Host and Executive Producer Shaun King, Black Lives Matter activist and the senior justice writer for the New York Daily News, discusses NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who continued his protest Sunday against racial oppression…