Day: December 15, 2015

  • Putting History in Its Place: An Interview with Bernardine Evaristo Contemporary Women’s Writing Volume 9 Issue 3 November 2015 pages 433-448 DOI: 10.1093/cww/vpv003 Jennifer Gustar, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Bernardine Evaristo was born in Woolwich, London, to an English mother of Irish descent…

  • Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn’t identifying as black to upset people. I was being me’ The Guardian 2015-12-13 Chris McGreal, Senior Writer Guardian US Rachel Dolezal at her home in Spokane. Photograph: Annie Kuster for the Guardian She became a global hate figure this year when she was outed as a ‘race faker’. Here, she talks…

  • Choose Your Own Identity The New York Times Magazine 2015-12-14 Bonnie Tsui A series of portraits from “The Hapa Project” by the artist Kip Fulbeck. Kip Fulbeck/The Hapa Project I never realized how little I understood race until I tried to explain it to my 5-year-old son. Our family story doesn’t seem too complicated: I’m…

  • First Baptist unveils historic marker The Tennesseean Nashville, Tennessee 2015-12-09 Jennifer Easton If people of faith go to First Baptist Church on East Winchester Street looking for a sign, they’ll find it. Sumner County’s oldest known African-American church celebrated another milestone Dec. 6 with the dedication of a historic marker commemorating the 150-year-old church’s early…