Day: November 5, 2014

  • My Children and the Limits of White Privilege Nursing Clio: Because the Personal is Historical 2013-08-28 Danielle J. Swiontek, Assistant Professor of History Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California Nursing Clio is honored to have Danielle J. Swiontek as our guest author today. Danielle is an Assistant Professor of History at Santa Barbara City…

  • Use of Race and Ethnicity in Public Health Surveillance: Summary of the CDC/ATSDR Workshop United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Volume 42, 1993-06-25, Number RR-10 28 pages …Preface This edition of MMWR Recommendations and Reports summarizes a workshop that addresses the role of race and…

  • ‘Dear White People’ or ‘Dear Bougie Black People’? The Boston Globe 2014-11-04 Farah Stockman THIS WEEKEND, I saw the new satirical film “Dear White People.” I was curious what it would tell me about how young people view race today. Each generation plays out the drama of race in the movies. Baby boomers flocked to“Guess…

  • Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor’s race in stunning upset The Washington Post 2014-11-05 John Wagner, Maryland Political Reporter Jenna Johnson, Maryland Political Reporter Republican businessman Larry Hogan pulled off a stunning upset in heavily Democratic Maryland on Tuesday, winning the governor’s race against Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown by relentlessly promising to roll back…

  • The “Dear White People” syndrome: Why movies are obsessed with light-skinned black characters Salon 2014-10-23 Morgan Jerkins This isn’t the first film to relegate dark-skinned actors to the sidelines — but it may be the most frustrating For Princeton University’s recent Black Alumni Conference, an advance screening of “Dear White People” took place at the…