December 2011
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Aaron Huey: America’s native prisoners of war (Ted Talk)
“Burrell said many wealthy blacks often have close family members and friends who...”
– A foot in two worlds - chicagotribune.com (via anothergirlontheirt)
Ethnic Studies library list!
tierracita:
After getting a couple asks for the list, I thought I would just publish it here more directly.
It’s unfortunately alphabetized by author, but until I get that fixed, here you go.
Over 800 books (some are duplicates) by POC and about POC/POC issues/politics and I just ordered more on friday:)
Also, this list is related to this post, my new book of note project.
What a list!!!
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New Model Minority: On Kim Kardashian's Empire and... →
newmodelminority:
On Clutch Danielle Belton has an excellent and problematic post titled, “Celebrating the Black Beauty on White Women”. She discusses in general the politics of race and women’s bodies as well as the politics of White artists performing what has historically been seen as Black music…
Things I read regularly: flip flopping joy, VivirLatino, New Model Minority, Crunk...
“Hate is not fuel. Hate is the leak that stops you from touching people’s soul....”
– Marvin K. White Our Name Be Witness
Kujichagulia. Self Determination.
See my video on Black Queer Poets challenging and clarifying the principles of Kwanzaa: http://vimeo.com/34218165
See my review on Engenderings (London School of Economics Online Journal) on this brilliant book: ...
Tears, Gratitude and Anger Mark the 1,000th... →
Former Korean 'comfort women' hold 1,000th weekly... →
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“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It...”
– Zora Neale Hurston, How It Feels To Be Colored Me (via freakinwack)
this ain't livin': Fear and the Bootstraps →
hermanaresist:
People who have clawed themselves into a position of financial security want to believe in the bootstraps myth. Because it justifies where they are and makes them feel like all that work was worth it. And it allows them to look down on people who are not in the same position, because those people obviously didn’t work hard enough, didn’t try hard enough, didn’t want hard enough....
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"The Ohio Civil Rights Commission found on Sept.... →
mscarmalita:
“White Only” Pool Sign Owner Explains
No. Just no.
Winter Quarter Grad Course-Read With Us!
notesondiaspora:
Last year I had the pleasure of teaching a graduate course of my own design for the first time called “Race, Representation, and the Politics of Womanhood in the African Diaspora.” I learned a lot from the amazing students who took the course—M.A. and Ph.D. students from disciplines like Afro-American Studies, Women’s Studies, History, Political Science, Social Work, World...
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If you don't know why The LatiNegr@s Project needs...
lati-negros:
…here’s a response from a Vivir Latino reader named “Karen” who responded to this story:
Racism in Spanish Magazine Hola! I had just heard about this story from a homegirl and her Colombian husband. If this is a new story to you here’s a brief synopsis: Spanish fotographer is shooting 4 of the “most powerful women in Colombia” in one of their homes, Haluf Rosa de Castro. The...
Wangechi Mutu’s imprint on The Saartjie Project...
saartjieproject:
“Feminist Intervention” via Womanist Performance
(I just stumbled across this text from a contest that we were not chosen for but I feel like this should still be visible somewhere.)
Black women’s bodies are wrapped up in complex cultural, political and social subtexts. These elements lend themselves to our misidentity, misrepresentation and oftentimes our performative actions...
Undoing Racism introductory mini-workshop with...
saartjieproject:
(As a cultural worker this was one of the most transformative workshops I’ve participated in!)
Undoing Racism introductory mini-workshop with People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond co-founder Ronald Chisom and Core Trainer Dr. Kimberly Richards
Wednesday Dec 14, 6:30-9:30PM Howard University Community Association 2731 Georgia Avenue Washington, DC 20001-3816
We hope...
via @Chronicle: Graduate Student Debt Matters...
Graduate Student Debt Matters
Brian Taylor
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By Leonard Cassuto
How many of us are aware of the amount of debt that our graduate students are carrying?
I certainly did not consider that question until recently, but it marks a path leading to precincts that professors must explore. When we design curricula or set graduate-program policies, we need to think about how much money...
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“It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the...”
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President Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress ”On Indian Removal”, 12/06/1830
On December 6, 1830, in a message to Congress, President Andrew Jackson called for the relocation of eastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River, in order to open new land for settlement by...
nezua:
Send a Holiday Message to an Incarcerated Survivor of Prison Rape — The Curvature
thecurvature:
Currently incarcerated persons are probably already the most isolated individuals in the United States. Those who are not only incarcerated but also the victims of sexual violence while imprisoned face little support, few mental health and recovery services, the ongoing threat of ...
“First, as I’ve pointed out before, three out of four poor working-aged adults —...”
– Charles M. Blow. via @latinorebels & @nytimes Newt’s War on Poor Children - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/vxGeLd
“In one such account, authored by Joseph LaVallée, a slave named Itanoko was...”
– Thomas A. Foster, “The Sexual Abuse of Black Men Under American Slavery,” Journal of the History of Sexuality 20, no. 3 (2011), 454
“White abolitionist Richard J. Hinton, for example, testified that “I have never...”
– Thomas A. Foster, “The Sexual Abuse of Black Men Under American Slavery,” Journal of the History of Sexuality 20, no. 3 (2011), 451
#Whoa #Color #Race
#Whoa #Color #Race
“Virtually all of the cases of sodomy that came to the courts in early America...”
– Thomas A. Foster, “The Sexual Abuse of Black Men Under American Slavery,” Journal of the History of Sexuality 20, no. 3 (2011): 449.
Rape has never meant sex. Only power. Full stop.
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“I’ve been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense. My 3rd one. When I first came to...”
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1. Letter from A.H. to Human Rights Watch, August 30, 1996. In this excerpt, as in other excerpts from prisoners’ letters included in this report, the author’s idiosyncracies of spelling and grammar have been retained. In addition, prisoners’ names and other identifying facts...
Diaspora Hypertext: Many thanks to @mustakeem for...
jmjohnso:
Thomas A. Foster. “The Sexual Abuse of Black Men under American Slavery.” Journal of the History of Sexuality 20, no. 3 (2011): 445-464.
“In 1787 an enslaved man in Maryland raped a free black woman. The story comes to us from the female victim in the incident, Elizabeth Amwood. One white man, William Holland, had her “Pull up her Close and Lie Down he then Called a Negrow Man...
“Society prepares the atmosphere for crime, then absolves itself by calling...”
– F. Adams, Rat Subterranean News, 1969 (via nezua)
Indigoneiromancy: Rape as a Men’s Issue - A... →
sexgenderbody:
zhounder:
I am putting together a training for men to, at the very least, start the conversation that Rape is a Men’s Issue. The idea is to start with the text below and develop the conversation to a personal level. I want each attendee to the training to understand…
