Favianna Rodriguez Part of New Documentary Series
By @aprilscissors from our friends at Imagine2050, Voice of Art, a new documentary series capturing the spirit and passion of artist-activists committed to social justice in their community can now be seen on Pharrell Williams’ i am OTHER YouTube channel. A three part episode features Favianna Rodriguez (@Favianna), CultureStrike and Presente.org co-founder and ally to Center for New Community, in “Migration [...]
By @Robtheidealist, Carleton College Law Student, Originally posted on Orchestrated Pulse The following is a two part series that examines Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Part 1 explores Tarantino’s approach to the film, while part 2 will explore the content. I’m writing these articles because media plays a pivotal role in cultural production. Django Unchained has real-world implications. Both [...]
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President Clinton is but Quentin Tarantino isn’t? The Hollywood feud between Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino is more than skin deep. Originally posted in Psychology Today. In a post last year about white folk who claim to be blacker than black folk, I mentioned that disgraced and now imprisoned Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said in Esquire Magazine: [...]
Continue reading …“Holding it Down for Women.”: Nicki Minaj and the Problem of Gender Inequity in Hip Hop
July 17, 2012 Comments Off
By Austin C. McCoy, On June 3, 2012, Hot97 DJ Peter Rosenberg took to the stage at MetLife Stadium to address the crowd at the radio station’s annual hip hop concert, Summer Jam. While warming up the crowd, Rosenberg says, “I see the real hip hop heads sprinkled in here…I see them. I know there [...]
Continue reading …Roseanne Barr and Legendary Concert Promoter Leonard Rowe Talk about Racism in Hollywood
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The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice – Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 24, I had the opportunity to co-host with Roseanne, on The Roseanne Barr show, heard each Sunday, on KCAA radio. Our guest was legendary concert promoter and long time friend and manager of Michael Jackson, [...]
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Recently released reports by the Pew Center and the US Census Bureau indicate that intermarriage across racial and ethnic lines and an increasing non-white demographic continue to be on the rise in the U.S. Given this month’s focus on Loving Day and its impact on multiracial ancestries, we can certainly take this news as cause for celebration and a [...]
Continue reading …Two Americans: Two Citizens Face to Face at Each End of the Immigration Debate
June 6, 2012 Comments Off
New documentary explores local enforcement of immigration laws and the separation of families in Maricopa County, Arizona. Originally published in Barriozona Magazine Phoenix, Arizona – A new documentary about immigration in Maricopa County, Arizona produced in the place known as “ground zero” of the immigration debate was presented in a Phoenix theater on May 31. Two [...]
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I love Cornel West; I’ve read almost every single one of his books and articles. I’m not as familiar with Tavis Smiley; I know that he does some good community work and is a media mogul person of color, which I respect. Still, I am an unabashed Cornel West fan; I love the way the [...]
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By Dominique Godreche, from our friends at Indian Country Today, Eleven Native artists went to Paris late last year for an art show titled Oklahoma Painters, which was part of the sixth annual Art en Capital event at the massive Grand Palais. The exhibit was set up by curator Russell Tall Chief, Osage, director of arts & exhibitions [...]
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Cross-posted from Indian Country Today By Chuck Trimble Since we’re in an era in which fact, truth and accuracy are of little importance, let me use conjecture to tell about something that happened at a recent reading by the author of a new book that relates personal stories of suffering in Indian boarding schools [...]
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