Category: Arts

  • Keep It Simple at TEDxIndianapolis The Indianapolis Star 2015-10-21 Leslie Bailey “When asked how he created his masterpiece, Michelangelo said, ‘It was easy. You just chip away that which does not look like David.’ What if our lives are our masterpiece? What if we chipped away all that was unnecessary, all the clutter and the…

  • Krotoa-Eva’s Suite: A performance by poet Toni Stuart Goldsmiths University of London New Cross London, United Kingdom Caribbean Studies Centre Top Floor, Education Building 2015-12-03, 18:30-20:30Z Join the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies and the Centre for Feminist Research for a performance by poet Toni Stuart and a ‘Stories are Medicine’ discussion circle. Toni…

  • ‘We have a right to determine how our histories are told’: An interview with poet Toni Stuart Goldsmiths University of London News 2015-11-25 Sarah Cox On Thursday 3 December the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies (CCDS) and Centre for Feminist Research host a spoken word performance by Toni Stuart: poet, festival organiser and educator,…

  • ‘Black-ish’ Star Yara Shahidi Is a Role Model Off-Screen The New York Times 2015-11-27 Hannah Seligson Ms. Shahidi, 15, won the N.A.A.C.P. Image Award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series this year. Credit Emily Berl for The New York Times “Life as a teenager can be down right chaotic,” the actress Yara Shahidi,…

  • Blaxican: The Revolutionary Identity of Black Mexicans teleSUR 2015-07-29 “The Afro-Latino term felt like home. There was finally a term that described what all of this was. It was a group of people who felt like I was feeling. I was finally able to identify with a group of people and it was a relief.”…

  • Tais Araujo: Fighting Brazil’s Racism Takes More Than A Hashtag teleSUR 2015-11-18 Leopoldo Duarte Taís Araújo‬’s profile picture on her Twitter account. | Photo: Twitter, @taisdeverdade Most Brazilians take pride in living in a “racial democracy.” According to them Brazil is supposedly a country that evaded racism through the amicable blending of its native, African…

  • Love and hate: interracial couples speak out about the racism they’ve faced The Guardian 2015-11-26 Nell Frizzell ‘I asked them to share any negative comments they’d overheard about themselves.’ All photographs by Donna Pinckley A couple stand by a flower bed. Her arm is wrapped about his waist like a rose climbing a tree. He…

  • Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Conversation With Trevor Noah Monkey See: Pop-Culture News And Analysis From NPR National Public Radio 2015-11-27 Linda Holmes, Host Monkey See Blog Linda Holmes and Trevor Noah talk during NPR’s Weekend In Washington event on October 31. (Paul Morigi/AP Images for NPR) It’s Thanksgiving week, and Team PCHH [Pop Culture…

  • Misty Copeland Is Helping To Bring Dance Lessons To Rwandan Kids The Huffington Post 2015-11-25 Rahel Gebreyes, Editor, HuffPost Live The dancer just returned from Kigali, Rwanda, where shared her love of dance with children in the city. Ballerina Misty Copeland has made a name for herself breaking barriers for black dancers in the United…

  • Living Room – March 26, 2010 Living Room 94.1 KPFA Berkeley, California 2010-03-26 LIVING ROOM Friday 26 March 2010 Healthcare eternal battle; Blended Nation. Healthcare insurance reform has passed—sort of; yet more hurdles continue to be erected. We look at reality. PLUS: the reality of race, as a blend, not an absolute. With host Kris…