Tag Archives: race
Re-membering Slavery in the Arkansas Legislature
Mike Carter of Arkansasbusiness.com reports that the Arkansas House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs rejected a standard symbolic resolution congratulating Barack Obama on his historic victory this morning. By a vote of 11-6, the committee failed to recommend … Continue reading
Race, Katrina and Public Intellectuals
Last night I attended SAU’s Kathleen Mallory Lecture. The series was named in honor of a long-time Professor of English and Foreign Languages at SAU who has been instrumental in the National Writing Project program, the Youth Writing Festival hosted … Continue reading
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White/Black America, White/Black Obama
A month or so back I watched Tavis Smiley’s Black State of the Union on CSPAN…I watched Al Sharpton and (the always cool) Cornel West warn Barak Obama that he cannot count on Black America’s vote…he had to demonstrate his … Continue reading
Class vs. Race
In a post entitled “Ethnographic study: Why the education system fails white working-class children” on :: antropologi.info ::, Lorenz blogs about class as a forgotten issue in our culture (or at least in the educational system in the UK). This … Continue reading
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Call to Home….Or Someplace Like Home
Below is a section from Carol Stack’s Call To Home (a narrative-style ethnography/novel about urban African-Americans returning to their southern hometowns)…the passage struck me this afternoon–I can’t imagine why (he said sarcastically). I come from a small town in Western … Continue reading
More Statues… Denmark Vesey: Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?
Check out this article that appeared yesterday in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution… Here’s a snippet…. “There’s no likeness of him, no record of a word he wrote or said directly, no marked grave. The slave rebellion he allegedly plotted —which would’ve … Continue reading
Slavery & Historical Memory: Penny Lane is in my Ears and in My Eyes; and the Eyes of Texas are Upon You…
Yesterday, the AP posted a brief article that touches upon some sticky issues when it comes to history, race, representation, popular culture and cultural memory. Associated Press Liverpool–Penny Lane will keep its name. City officials said Saturday they would modify … Continue reading
April 4
As this is the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (04/04/1968), I’ll ask you to take a minute and check out the National Civil Rights Museum which was built in and around the Lorraine Motel in … Continue reading
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www.negroartist.com
I received an unsolicited e-mail the other day from someone who would rather “keep [his] name and contact information private.” The author of this e-mail explained that he authored and hosted a site– http://www.negroartist.com/ The author went on to explain … Continue reading
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Differing Development in Huston, Dallas & Northwest Arkansas
Tommy Head, a friend and colleague of my wife (and a native of Huston, Texas), sent me a link to a fascinating publication that I would have never found on my own….In the March 2006 issue of Governing Online (a … Continue reading
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