Month: August 2016

  • In Cuba since the 1960s, revolutionary ideology has emphasized a national unity that transcends race and discouraged racial identification. The average Afro-Cuban on the street today will often name being Cuban first, and black, mulatto, or white second. Cuba’s national racial identity is confounded by the fact that there is no accurate way to measure…

  • The country’s education leaders confront deep-seated discrimination in the classroom through rap.

  • Beyond Blackness and Whiteness: Activists of Mixed Race Speak Out The Los Angeles Review of Books 2016-08-02 Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn SHORTLY BEFORE Alton Sterling’s and Philando Castile’s names became viral hashtags on social media, the latest flare-up in the ongoing conversation about race and racial justice in the United States had been sparked by actor…

  • Obama, America, and the Legacy of James Alan McPherson Literary Hub 2016-08-01 Whitney Terrell Whitney Terrell Remembers His Friend and Mentor The title story of James Alan McPherson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection Elbow Room opens with an italicized passage: Narrator is unmanageable. Demonstrates a disregard for form bordering on the paranoid . . .…

  • Favourite for Ukip leader Steven Woolfe misses application deadline The Guardian 2016-08-01 Rowena Mason, Deputy political editor MEP and migration spokesman could be out of leadership race but insists he is still a candidate Steven Woolfe, the favourite to succeed Nigel Farage as Ukip leader, could be out of the race after he missed the…

  • Personal Essay: Yo Soy Boricua Latina 2010-01-18 La La Vazquez A lot of people don’t realize that I’m Latina, which is fine. One thing about being Latina is that there isn’t one look that comes with the territory. I don’t expect people to know my cultural background just by glancing at me. I do, however,…