Month: April 2015

  • The Remix: Dr. Yaba Blay on Colorism, Kendrick Lamar & Trevor Noah The Remix with Dr. James Peterson WHYY 90.9 FM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2015-04-01 James Braxton Peterson, Host and Associate professor of English Lehigh University, Lehigh, Pennsylvania Comedy Central has named South African comedian Trevor Noah to helm “The Daily Show” when John Stewart departs…

  • How I Learned to Stop Worshipping Whiteness While Growing Up Biracial For Harriet 2015-04-08 Joleen Brantle I haven’t always been very racially aware. When I was a child Pokémon cards, cartoons, and school were of vastly greater importance to me. I was raised in a very diverse city with a strong Latino presence. I had…

  • Biracial Identity, which do you identify with? The Spartan Daily: Serving San Jose State since 1934 San Jose, California 2015-04-09 Andrea Sandoval Identity is a complicated matter; everyone has one, but rarely are people aware of how they get one. The boundaries, symbols and language that make identity stand out are often unclear. What qualities…

  • A real-life Lucious Lyon: The former slave who built a Beale Street “Empire” and transformed Memphis Salon 2015-04-04 Preston Lauterbach Bob Church (Credit: University of Memphis Special Collections) Memphis — and music as we know it — wouldn’t be the same without Robert Church’s legacy of vice, virtue and power Depending on which critic or…

  • One Drop of Love is coming to Massachusetts and New York in April One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval 2015-04-07 Photo by Jeff Lorch “What Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni brings to the table is a moving and insightful microscope to our belief that there is such a thing as race…

  • Michelle Obama: A Life Knopf 2015-04-07 432 pages 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-307-95882-2 Peter Slevin, Associate Professor of Journalism Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois An inspiring story, richly detailed and written with élan, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times…

  • Black and Yellow: Blasian Narratives Psychology Today 2015-04-07 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Ed.D. Crossing racial borders through storytelling Saturday night I went to an event called, Black and Yellow: Blasian Narratives, featuring students from Stanford joining a group from Morehouse and Spelman, two historically black colleges. The students presented both monologues and interactive storytelling. Their diversity was…

  • How one man has made a mark on history in northeast N.C. The Outer Banks Voice 2015-04-04 Ed Beckley Marvin T. Jones has a passion for local heritage and is responsible for a half dozen historical markers in the area. Our region’s rich history is brought to the fore each time someone who passes a…

  • Does the “White Privilege” Umbrella cover Black and Biracial Children? (Survey included) Lisa W. Rosenberg: Writings on Body Image and Identity 2015-04-03 Lisa W. Rosenberg This is the first post I have written soliciting responses to a survey—so I’m stating it up front: At the end of this post is an actual, honest-to-goodness survey for…

  • LAURA KINA Blue Hawai’i The Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics, and Culture Brooklyn, New York 2015-04-02 Jonathan Goodman HAROLD B. LEMMERMAN GALLERY, NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY JANUARY 27 – MARCH 3, 2015 As an Asian-American painter of mixed background, Laura Kina creates work that is as culturally relevant as it is emotionally resonant.…