Tag: New York

  • Color Erases, Color Paints Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life 2015-03-10 Isaiah Rothstein Each day this week, the Scroll will be featuring a post from a writer at JN Magazine—short for “Jewnited Nations”—a website “here to change the monochromatic monolithic perception of Judaism.” Each post has been commissioned and edited by MaNishtana, the pseudonym…

  • One Playwright’s ‘Obligation’ To Confront Race And Identity In The U.S. Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity All Things Considered National Public Radio 2015-02-16 Jeff Lunden Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins may be only 30 years old, but he’s already compiled an impressive resume. His theatrical works, which look at race and identity in America,…

  • Brooklyn is: Feature of the Week [Beth Consetta Rubel] Brooklyn Artistry Brooklyn, New York 2015-02-02 The latest and greatest untouched talent of the borough. Being a biracial woman from the South we wanted to know what it was like for Beth Consetta Rubel as an artist. So many things can be triggering for an artists…

  • Slavery before Race: Europeans, Africans, and Indians at Long Island’s Sylvester Manor Plantation, 1651-1884 New York University Press 238 pages April 2013 Hardback ISBN: 9780814785775 Paperback ISBN: 9781479802227 Katherine Howlett Hayes, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Minnesota The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of…

  • Wickham: Silence of NYC’s good cops widens divide USA Today 2014-12-30 DeWayne Wickham, Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Dean School of Journalism Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland When Mayor Bill de Blasio stepped to the podium Saturday to eulogize Rafael Ramos, one of two New York City cops killed by a black gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley,…

  • Is NYPD’s War on Mayor Bill de Blasio Partly War on His Black Family? AlterNet 2014-12-30 Terrell Jermaine Starr, Senior Editor The cops’ fight with the city’s progressive mayor smacks of white supremacy. In September 1992, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association organized thousands of New York City cops to storm City Hall to protest then-mayor David…

  • Museum Offers Interactive Oral History of Mixed Race Brooklynites NY1 News New York, New York 2014-12-29 Jeanine Ramirez, Brooklyn Reporter A new interactive website offers an interracial, multi-ethnic view of Brookynites. NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report. Deborah Schwartz clicks on the latest resource at the Brooklyn Historical Society, an oral history project about…

  • Sleeping with the enemy Sick Chickens: A blog for enthusiasts of American history and politics 2014-12-23 James Owen Heath, PhD Candidate University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom I have never been struck by the intelligence of Jon Stewart’s remarks in the past but I have to agree with him that it is indeed possible to…

  • Popup cafe uses derogatory drink names in bid to get people talking about race New York Daily News 2014-12-17 Ben Kochman The bizarre java joint offers drinks with derogatory names like “The Half Breed” and “The Mutt,” which organizers insist will help start a helpful conversation about race, even if some are offended. (Ben Kochman/New…