Month: October 2015

  • Jesse Williams Discusses Biracial Privileges and Social Justice: ‘Black Americans Are Not Angry. They Are Hurting’ The Root 2015-10-02 Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele It has always been a pet peeve of mine when biracial people seem to ignore their white side and act as if the world perceives them as black through and through. I always…

  • Controversial Hire Won’t Serve as Dartmouth’s Native American Program Director Valley News White River Junction, Vermont 2015-10-02 Rob Wolfe, Valley News Staff Writer Susan Taffe Reed stepped down as director of Dartmouth’s Native American Program. (Dartmouth College – Eli Burakian) Hanover — Dartmouth College officials said Thursday that the school’s new Native American Program director…

  • ‘One Drop of Love’ The Sophian: The Independent Newspaper of Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts 2015-09-24 Eliza Going, Contributing Writer Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni performed her well-known one-woman play challenging the construct of race, “One Drop of Love,” on Sept. 18 and 19 in the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. In this show, she not only tells the…

  • These are the beautiful, complex Blaxicans of Los Angeles Fusion 2015-09-24 Jorge Rivas, National Affairs Correspondent Back when Walter Thompson-Hernandez was in graduate school, his friends and family would give him blank stares as he explained what he was studying. Finally, in an effort to make his work more accessible, he started an Instagram account…

  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself Thayer and Eldridge 1861 Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) Edited by Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) Read the entire book here or here.

  • Obama and hip-hop: a breakup song The Washington Post 2015-09-25 Erik Nielson, Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts University of Richmond Travis L. Gosa, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Erik Nielson is an assistant professor of liberal arts at the University of Richmond. Travis L. Gosa is an assistant professor of…