Tag: Chester Himes

  • Thomas Chatterton Williams, who belongs to the hip-hop generation of multiculturalism and diversity, is willing to risk being a throwback in his memoir/essay “Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race.”

  • 350:445 Revisiting Racial Passing in the 21st Century Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Summer 2013 This is a course on racial passing, which many people wrongly believe is an antiquated phenomenon. Passing has historically referred to light-skinned African Americans who use their phenotypes to pretend to be white and enjoy the privileges of…