Category: Media Archive

  • Florence Nightingale supporters in row over black rival’s new statue, claiming she is venerated based on ‘false achievements’ The Daily Mail 2016-06-20 Martin Robinson, UK Chief Reporter Mary Seacole set to have £500,000 statue unveiled at St Thomas, London But critics say that her legacy is hugely oversold for political reasons Florence Nightingale Society says…

  • Interview: Shawna Yang Ryan New Bloom: Radical perspectives on Taiwan and the Asia Pacific 2016-06-20 Brian Hioe, Editor Photo credit: Anna Wu Photography On May 6th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Shawna Yang Ryan through Skype. Ryan is most recently the author of Green Island, which depicts Taiwan’s White Terror and authoritarian era. Ryan…

  • Go Off!: Amandla Stenberg on Intersectionality and the Impact of White Supremacy Colorlines 2016-06-02 Kenrya Rankin, News Editor “I cannot separate my gender from my race from my sexual orientation. If in that moment I’m speaking out about gender, then I’m also in some way speaking out about race and about feminism.” In the latest…

  • Merle Dandridge on “Blasian” Identity and Oprah Winfrey Network’s new summer original series “Greenleaf” CAAM: Center of Asian American Media 2016-06-20 Mitzi Uehara Carter Merle Dandridge started her career on Broadway with leading roles in Spamalot, Aida, Rent, Tarzan, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Not only does she have singing chops, she shines on screen. Dandridge…

  • On The Free State Of Jones The Huffington Post 2016-06-20 Steven Hahn, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History University of Pennsylvania Three quarters of a century ago, “Gone with the Wind,” a film that mythologized an Old South of wealthy planters and obedient slaves, premiered in Atlanta amidst great fanfare and public…

  • Beauty and the Bleach: This Issue is More than Skin Deep Ebony 2016-06-20 Yaba Blay, Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science North Carolina Central University Skin bleaching is a billion-dollar industry. Considering its global reach, Dr. Yaba Blay says we have to stop treating bleaching as just a matter of self-hate. Over the past…

  • Michelle Cliff, Who Wrote of Colonialism and Racism, Dies at 69 The New York Times 2016-06-18 William Grimes Michelle Cliff sometime in the 1980s. In 1975, she met the poet Adrienne Rich, who became her partner and died in 2012. Michelle Cliff, a Jamaican-American writer whose novels, stories and nonfiction essays drew on her multicultural…

  • New Yale award to honor high school juniors for community engagement Yale News New Haven, Connecticut 2016-06-15 This photograph of Ebenezer Bassett is part of the collection in the Yale Library’s Department of Manuscripts and Archives. Select high school juniors across the nation will be honored for their public service through the Yale Bassett Award…

  • How Pat Cleveland Conquered Racism to Become the World’s First Black Supermodel Harper’s Bazaar 2016-06-15 Kate Storey, News Edtor Photograph: Kathryn Wirsing Pat Cleveland was 16 years old when she was told she would never make it as a model. It was the late Sixties, and Cleveland, who had just signed with Ford Models, was…

  • Part-Latinos and Racial Reporting in the Census: An Issue of Question Format? Sociology of Race and Ethnicity July 2016, Volume 2, Number 3 pages 289-306 DOI: 10.1177/2332649215613531 Michael Hajime Miyawaki, Assistant Professor of Sociology Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas In this study, the author examines the racial reporting decisions of the offspring of Latino/non-Latino white, black,…