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Category Archives: Essay
Biracial, and also black By Martha S. Jones, CNN
You’re Never Too Old to Learn- NPR
Rosa Finnegan, 102, reflects on changing her ideas about race.
Why Aren’t There More Interracial Love Songs? NPR
For Valentine’s Day, NPR reporter Shereen Marisol Meraji looked at race in love songs. In her words:
“You don’t hear pop stars crooning about miscegenation these days. But, as we know, coupling up across racial and ethnic lines is happening now more than ever. The 2010 census showed that interracial and inter-ethnic married couples grew by nearly 30 percent in 10 years.
So if pop music is a reflection of the issues of the day, why aren’t we bobbing our heads and shaking our hips to more songs with lyrics about cross-cultural lovin’?”
Here’s the story (text and audio link): http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/02/14/276782537/pop-music-lags-dealing-with-interracial-love-anxieties?sc=17&f=3
80 Maps That Explain the World – Washington Post
Maps can show us many things — here are some interesting ones!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/?lines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world/
Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
Gina Crosley-Corcoran examines insterectionality and the relationship between socioeconomic status and race.
http://thefeministbreeder.com/explaining-white-privilege-broke-white-person/
Suggestions for Communicating with those Whose Native Language is Different from Yours
A concise list of things to do when communicating with those whose first language is different from your own (when you’re communicating in your native language):
http://businesslife.ba.com/Ideas/10-Tips/10-tips-for-communicating-with-non-native-colleagues.html
Ani DiFranco, White Feminists, and Racism
There have been quite a few good articles about the problem of racism and white centering among White feminists. If you are not familiar with the current conflict, Ani DiFranco has been criticized for planning a songwriting workshop (since cancelled) at a former plantation in Louisiana. In addition to the lack of sensitivity to the issue of slavery, history, and ongoing racism, DiFranco has been criticized for how the situation was handled after the fact. This post is a good one for those of us who are white to read, examining how we can address our own racism, including what to do when we have inadvertently offended someone (with a great comparison with an accidental physical injury).
Related:
- http://www.forharriet.com/2013/12/dear-ani-difranco-supporters-you-cannot.html
- http://www.xojane.com/issues/after-solidarityisforwhitewomen-so-you-want-to-be-an-ally
- http://www.tolerance.org/activity/test-yourself-hidden-bias
- http://www.salon.com/2013/08/16/what_picketing_taught_me_about_feminism/
- http://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2013/aug/15/racist-sexist-you-are-more
What Part of Sacred Don’t You Understand? Laurel Morales/NPR
What is sacred? How do we communicate and do we communicate with outsiders about the sacred? This conflict between Indians, specifically in this example, Hopi beliefs with the US and foreign (French) justice systems.
“The Paris auction of 27 sacred American-Indian items earlier this month marks just the latest in a series of conflicts between what tribes consider sacred and what western cultures think is fair game in the marketplace.”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/12/19/255544805/what-part-of-sacred-don-t-you-understand
Related articles
- What Part Of Sacred Is So Difficult To Understand? (raxacollective.wordpress.com)
- Mystery Bidder At French Auction Plans To Return Sacred Hopi Items – NPR (blog) (donnellyunh.wordpress.com)
- Sacred Native American masks sold in Paris auction to be returned to tribes (rawstory.com)
- US attempts to halt Paris auction of sacred Native American artefacts – The Guardian (donnellyunh.wordpress.com)
“When ‘Life Hacking’ Is Really White Privilege” by jendziura
An essay on White privilege in daily life:
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