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Tag Archives: Black
Booker T. Washington Checks Out of a Hotel…
1903 was a particularly difficult year for African Americans, as described in Douglas Blackmon’s book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. In that year alone, at least 85 African Americans were … Continue reading
Posted in African American Lit, History, Teaching
Tagged Black, Booker T. Washington, classroom, Douglas Blackmon, Indianapolis, peonage, race, racism, teaching
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A New Native Son, Part 2
Read Part 1 here As promised, I wanted to address a few more things regarding the proposed upcoming adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son. First, the way the novel links to our current political situation, and second, what Suzan-Lori Parks, the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, African American Lit, Pop Culture
Tagged Black, Native Son, Suzan-Lori Parks
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A New Native Son, Part I
Content Note – discussion of fictional rape and murder follows. THIS IS NOT A DRILL, Y’ALL: Variety is reporting that Richard Wright’s novel Native Son will be adapted for film by Rashid Johnson and Suzan-Lori Parks. And I’m not sure I can effectively … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, African American Lit, Teaching
Tagged Black, Film, Native Son, Richard Wright, Suzan-Lori Parks, teaching
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Some Thoughts About Intersectionality
Intersectionality has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s an important concept in my scholarly work, but it is having a larger cultural impact right now, I think, and it might be instructive to consider this impact more closely. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, African American Lit, Feminism, Politics
Tagged Black, Emmett Till, Feminism, Intersectionality, race, Womens March
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Olympic Feminism
On the heels of my recent piece about intersectionality, I’m thinking a lot about Black feminism this week. African American women have been spectacular at this year’s Olympics in Rio, and their strength has been legendary. I wanted to highlight … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Sports
Tagged Black, Feminism, Michelle Carter, Olympics, popular culture, Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, Sports
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Making Black Lives Matter
I don’t have a lot to say in this post this week–last week was a very difficult week for the US, and for our nation’s Black citizens in particular. At this point, it seems incomprehensible that concepts like white privilege, … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, African American Lit, Teaching
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Black, Melissa Harris-Perry, race, racism
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#RIPAli
By now, we’ve all heard of the passing of the Greatest, Muhammad Ali, over the weekend. He was truly the Greatest, as he himself continually reminded us, and we continually agreed. Since I moved to the Louisville area a few … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Sports
Tagged Black, Boxing, Louisville, Muhammad Ali, Richard Sherman
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Reassess the Diss
I’m in the midst of a four-day faculty writing retreat. Seven hours each day of camping out in a conference room on campus, with 19 colleagues from various disciplines, and a middling catered lunch every day. Sounds glamorous, right? We’re … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, African American Lit, scholarship
Tagged AAVE, Black, dissertation, research, scholarship, theatre, vernacular
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On Lemonade, Part I
I, like everyone, can’t stop talking abut Beyoncé this year. I wrote about her “Formation” video and Super Bowl Halftime performance here and here. I’d like to add to the excellent conversations that are happening everywhere online right now about … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Culture
Tagged Alice Walker, Beyoncé, Black, Cane, Jean Toomer, Lemonade, performance, popular culture, race
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