Thursday, March 03, 2011
Mixed Race America: It still matters if you're black (or white)
Mixed Race America: It still matters if you're black (or white): "Despite what Michael Jackson may have sung about once-upon-a-time, I believe it DOES matter if you're black or white.
Meaning, it matters, still, whether you identify as African American or as Caucasian. Meaning, it matters if you benefit from white privilege. Meaning it matters how others perceive you, especially depending on where you are, regionally and contextually (ie: are you in the U.S. South or the West Coast? In a cosmopolitan city or a rural township? Are you in a classroom where you are the only one, and is this a course on 20th Century American writers or African American poets?)"
Meaning, it matters, still, whether you identify as African American or as Caucasian. Meaning, it matters if you benefit from white privilege. Meaning it matters how others perceive you, especially depending on where you are, regionally and contextually (ie: are you in the U.S. South or the West Coast? In a cosmopolitan city or a rural township? Are you in a classroom where you are the only one, and is this a course on 20th Century American writers or African American poets?)"
America's anti-Muslim debate skips the Q.C. | Charlotte | News | The N word
America's anti-Muslim debate skips the Q.C. Charlotte News The N word: "In my travels, when I tell people that I live in Charlotte, I receive mixed responses. Some people say, 'Everybody's trying to move to Charlotte.' Others say they could never live that far in the South because people are racist. Some people are even rude enough to suggest that people in the South are 'dumb,' which they feel free saying to my face. When I tell them I was born and raised in the South, they sometimes say, 'I'm not talking about you.' Really."
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
DRESS’ING UWINNIPEG RED: Aboriginal women across Canada
DRESS’ING UWINNIPEG RED: Aboriginal women across Canada
UW RELEASE - 2011/034
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
WINNIPEG, MB - The University of Winnipeg’s Institute for Women’s
and Gender Studies (IWGS) in partnership with local Métis artist Jaime
Black proudly presents the inaugural and campus-wide installation of the
REDress Project from March 7-12, 2011. This interdisciplinary on-campus
art & education project aims to raise awareness surrounding the murders
and disappearances of more than 600 Aboriginal women across Canada.
“The installation of the REDress Project is a logical, and timely,
extension of the community-building work that IWGS has been engaged in
over the last several years with organizations such as the Coalition of
Families of Missing and Murdered Women in MB, the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, and the Art Building Community symposium,”
explained Kim Hunter, IWGS Projects and Events Coordinator. “IWGS
continues to focus on the ways in which art can be used in tandem with
education to address the issues that affect our communities.”
Along with the installation of 120+ dresses, IWGS is coordinating free
events in conjunction with the project including daily tours of the
installation, providing educational materials, supporting a movie
screening as well as a panel of speakers. This project is designed to
provide an environment for students, staff, faculty and the general
public to learn through engagement through art, and to provide
opportunities for conversation about the serious impact of this gendered
and racialized violence on all of the peoples of Canada.
REDress Project EVENTS - all events open to the public:
Installation Tours (includes 8 installation locations)
All tours start at escalators, 1st floor Centennial Hall at UW
March 7 - 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
March 8 - 7:00 pm
March 9 - 10:00 am and 4:00 pm
March 10 - 12:30 and 4:00 pm
March 12 - 2:30 pm
Tuesday March 8
Free Cinema Politica screening of Finding Dawn
7:30 pm, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, UWinnipeg (free childcare, snacks and
bus tickets available).
Lisa Michell - advocate, activist and chairperson of the Women’s
Memorial March of MB - will host a discussion after the film. IWGS,
along with Ka Ni Kanichihk's Aboriginal Women Reclaiming Our Power
program (supported by Status of Women and Heritage Canada), are honoured
to support the UWSA, UWSA Womyn's Centre and Gallery 1C03 in the
screening of this important film.
Wednesday March 9
REDress Panel Discussion
12:30 pm, Convocation Hall, UWinnipeg (Free, snacks available)
With REDress Project artist Jaime Black, filmmaker & activist Tina
Keeper, volunteer for Amnesty International and member of the Stop
Violence Against Aboriginal Women Action Group Lisa Forbes, and artist
Leah Decter.
For more information about REDress events please contact Kim Hunter iwgs@uwinnipeg.ca or 204.786.9921.
UWinnipeg is consistently ranked in the Top-10 in the country on an
annual basis by both Maclean’s Magazine and The Globe & Mail
newspaper. The University of Winnipeg is a leader in academic
excellence, Indigenous education, environmental studies, business, and
theatre & the arts. Find out more by visiting www.uwinnipeg.ca. Follow
us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/uwinnipeg and on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Winnipeg-youofwcom-Where-You-Matter-Most/40526795732 .
MEDIA CONTACT
Naniece Ibrahim, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7130
eMail: n.ibrahim@uwinnipeg.ca
UW RELEASE - 2011/034
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
WINNIPEG, MB - The University of Winnipeg’s Institute for Women’s
and Gender Studies (IWGS) in partnership with local Métis artist Jaime
Black proudly presents the inaugural and campus-wide installation of the
REDress Project from March 7-12, 2011. This interdisciplinary on-campus
art & education project aims to raise awareness surrounding the murders
and disappearances of more than 600 Aboriginal women across Canada.
“The installation of the REDress Project is a logical, and timely,
extension of the community-building work that IWGS has been engaged in
over the last several years with organizations such as the Coalition of
Families of Missing and Murdered Women in MB, the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, and the Art Building Community symposium,”
explained Kim Hunter, IWGS Projects and Events Coordinator. “IWGS
continues to focus on the ways in which art can be used in tandem with
education to address the issues that affect our communities.”
Along with the installation of 120+ dresses, IWGS is coordinating free
events in conjunction with the project including daily tours of the
installation, providing educational materials, supporting a movie
screening as well as a panel of speakers. This project is designed to
provide an environment for students, staff, faculty and the general
public to learn through engagement through art, and to provide
opportunities for conversation about the serious impact of this gendered
and racialized violence on all of the peoples of Canada.
REDress Project EVENTS - all events open to the public:
Installation Tours (includes 8 installation locations)
All tours start at escalators, 1st floor Centennial Hall at UW
March 7 - 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm
March 8 - 7:00 pm
March 9 - 10:00 am and 4:00 pm
March 10 - 12:30 and 4:00 pm
March 12 - 2:30 pm
Tuesday March 8
Free Cinema Politica screening of Finding Dawn
7:30 pm, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, UWinnipeg (free childcare, snacks and
bus tickets available).
Lisa Michell - advocate, activist and chairperson of the Women’s
Memorial March of MB - will host a discussion after the film. IWGS,
along with Ka Ni Kanichihk's Aboriginal Women Reclaiming Our Power
program (supported by Status of Women and Heritage Canada), are honoured
to support the UWSA, UWSA Womyn's Centre and Gallery 1C03 in the
screening of this important film.
Wednesday March 9
REDress Panel Discussion
12:30 pm, Convocation Hall, UWinnipeg (Free, snacks available)
With REDress Project artist Jaime Black, filmmaker & activist Tina
Keeper, volunteer for Amnesty International and member of the Stop
Violence Against Aboriginal Women Action Group Lisa Forbes, and artist
Leah Decter.
For more information about REDress events please contact Kim Hunter iwgs@uwinnipeg.ca or 204.786.9921.
UWinnipeg is consistently ranked in the Top-10 in the country on an
annual basis by both Maclean’s Magazine and The Globe & Mail
newspaper. The University of Winnipeg is a leader in academic
excellence, Indigenous education, environmental studies, business, and
theatre & the arts. Find out more by visiting www.uwinnipeg.ca. Follow
us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/uwinnipeg and on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Winnipeg-youofwcom-Where-You-Matter-Most/40526795732 .
MEDIA CONTACT
Naniece Ibrahim, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7130
eMail: n.ibrahim@uwinnipeg.ca
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Bill Cunningham and Jesse Lee Peterson Rant Off About Black America!
Two controversial conservative activists attack Black America. Nationally syndicated talk radio host Bill Cunningham and anti-Black activist Jesse Lee Peterson discuss issues facing Black America.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror
Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror: "Recy Taylor: A Symbol of Jim Crow's Forgotten Horror
After her brutal gang rape, Recy Taylor became a global symbol of American injustice and helped inspire the civil rights movement. So why has nobody heard of her today?"
After her brutal gang rape, Recy Taylor became a global symbol of American injustice and helped inspire the civil rights movement. So why has nobody heard of her today?"
Saturday, February 26, 2011
AverageBro.com: AB.com Guest Post - Halle Berry, Interracial Marriage, And The "One Drop Rule".
AverageBro.com: AB.com Guest Post - Halle Berry, Interracial Marriage, And The "One Drop Rule".: "When I was growing up in SE Michigan during the Antediluvian Era, there weren't a whole lot of self-identified 'biracial' or 'multiracial' people. You were Black or White. There was a very small population of East/South Asians and a few people of Hispanic or Middle Eastern heritage (primarily Lebanese or Chaldeans who infrequently identified as 'White')
Black/White mixed kids identified as the race they most looked like or lived next to-which given housing patterns usually meant they declared themselves 'Black' about 95% of the time. Those were the rules then. Pick a team!!!"
Black/White mixed kids identified as the race they most looked like or lived next to-which given housing patterns usually meant they declared themselves 'Black' about 95% of the time. Those were the rules then. Pick a team!!!"
Sunday, February 20, 2011
EU HR NGOs to hold Int. Conference on Palestinian prisoners
EU HR NGOs to hold Int. Conference on Palestinian prisoners: "Palestine, (Pal Telegraph)-Under the slogan (working for justice), various European human rights organisations are preparing to hold the first international conference on the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons. Tthe conference will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, March 11-12, 2011 in order to unite the efforts of many Palestinian and European members of parliament and human rights activists who work to support the Palestinian prisoners under one dome.
The conference will be organised by three Human rights organisations which are: Right for All (Droit Pour Tous), The European Network to Support the Rights of the Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) and North-South 21, these organisations are aiming to combine their efforts to work against the brutal actions against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons."
The conference will be organised by three Human rights organisations which are: Right for All (Droit Pour Tous), The European Network to Support the Rights of the Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) and North-South 21, these organisations are aiming to combine their efforts to work against the brutal actions against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons."
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Halle Vs Gabriel - AhlanLive.com
Halle Vs Gabriel - AhlanLive.com: "Despite insisting their split was amicable and that their non-legal childcare arrangement – which meant Halle Berry had majority custody of their daughter, Nahla – was “working well,” proceedings have taken a nasty turn for the worse with Gabriel Aubry now demanding he wants his little girl back."
Who Is Marrying Whom - Graphic - NYTimes.com
Who Is Marrying Whom - Graphic - NYTimes.com: "Nearly 9 percent of all marriages in the United States in 2009 were interracial or interethnic, more than double the percentage in 1980. The rates of intermarriage vary widely depending on gender, race or ethnicity."
The Obsidian Files - Bravenet Blog
The Obsidian Files - Bravenet Blog: "Question For The HBDers: What Do Thomas Jefferson, Strom Thurmond and Chris Lee, All Have In Common?
"'I’m gonna take a second to whoop it up for the black chicks. There is just no way that seeing any of these women on the street you wouldn’t want to smash that. Those women (but especially the West African chick) make my dick stand tall proud long and strong.
I know this blog makes cottage industry out of ripping on black people, but I just had to represent for quick a minute'"
"'I’m gonna take a second to whoop it up for the black chicks. There is just no way that seeing any of these women on the street you wouldn’t want to smash that. Those women (but especially the West African chick) make my dick stand tall proud long and strong.
I know this blog makes cottage industry out of ripping on black people, but I just had to represent for quick a minute'"
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