…erience. Here are a few of our favorite mixed roots gift ideas for you to consider. Weâve included their social media info so you can follow and support them year round too! In no particular order: Mixed Up Clothing âFounded in 2010, Mixed Up Clothing is a multiethnic childrenâs clothing line inspired by the textiles, cultures and people of the world, to develop friendships through fabrics. Mixed Up Clothing is an ethnic-inspired…
…y run by the Irish clergy whose work was commissioned by the state broadcaster RTE, produced The Black Irish, a documentary on mixed-race people in Kinsale, Montserrat. Recut trailer for Irish language TV channel TG4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QHYFXDGf4Y Full documentary: http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1378-radharc/355633-the-black-irish/ In The Commitments (Parker, 1991), the black and mixed-race Irish are an absent presence as…
…nder the impression that the question was about the revolts of 1968: http://www.historytoday.com/blog/news-blog/dean-nicholas/zhou-enlais-famous-saying-debunked?ip_login_no_cache=cd84e3312dd0f3dcf3c621eedcb4d701 . [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEO3H5BOlFk [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsZ6G7jmcMQ [4] http://chicagomaroon.com/2010/02/26/student-arrested-in-reg/ [5]…
…lvesâ. It is my belief each could write a narrative similar to my own, and those with multiple aspects could note the role of intersectionality in these debates. Â [1] Stuart Hall, âRace as a Floating Signifierâ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRk9MZvOd2c [2] As an informal guide, the Wiki page on Deconstruction is helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction#From_diff.C3.A9rance_to_deconstruction [3] For this particular commercial:…
…ts/Books/A%20Peopleâs%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States-%20Howard%20Zinn.pdf . [2] The literary scholar Gayatri Spivak has some powerful words on the role of the humanities in education within this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZHH4ALRFHw . Â By: July 2014 Guest Blogger- Marley-Vincent Lindsey Marley-Vincent Lindsey is a freelance writer and independent researcher located in New York. He recently graduated from the…
…ority of us knew and understood the experience of being low-income as a large difficulty. A number of friends were frustrated by a lack of understanding as to why affirmative action helped make a level playing-field, but I found it easier to discuss with my high school classmates, a majority of which had their own problems navigating the racial hierarchy. The transition to the University of Chicago thus became a similar marker. I had spent…
…for the LIVE event. Here are some of the clips from the LIVE event on the closing night of the conference! Note: Mature Language in several of the pieces. Part 1 â Joe Hernandez-Kolski (with guest Dustin) www.pochojoe.com Part 2â Joe Hernandez-Kolski www.pochojoe.com Part 3-Tangled Roots (Katy Massey, Zodwa Nyoni, Lladel Bryant, Adam Lowe) www.tangledroot.org.uk Part 5-Tania Cañas www.tania-canas.squarespace.com Part 6â Fred…
…partment to address bias. With so much to do, itâs a start. Poems: http://allpoetry.com/I-Continue-To-Dream http://allpoetry.com/Let-America-Be-America-Again http://allpoetry.com/Freedomâs-Plow Songs: If I Had a Hammer www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWl2lA7968 When The Spirit Says Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OszKIhFRsQ The Fire of Commitment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKPtFPMf7A Jenn Kanze-Eaton lives by the sea in Plymouth…
…ur,â leads a workshop on solo show writing and writes for TheDisplacedNation.com. Fred Sasaki âHow to Hafu it All: Three Easy Steps to 100%â Fred Sasaki is art director for Poetry magazine, a gallery curator for the Poetry Foundation, founding organizer of the Printers Ball, and co-founder of Homeroom Chicagoâs â101âł lecture series. With his son and late father he is the author of the zine series, FRED SASAKIâS & FRED SASAKIâS FOUR PAGER…
…le with race as a biracial, adopted child. Read her 3 part story recently published on the Elephant Journal. Part I http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-an-identity-crisis-part-i-melissa-horton/ Part II http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-an-identity-crisis-melissa-horton/ Part III http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-struggles-with-abandonment-melissa-horton/ Part IV…