Tag: Race Studies

Social Death and the Criminalization of Resistance in the California Prison Hunger Strikes

July 31, 2013

BY LISA GUENTHERAssociate professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University On July 8, more than 30,000 prisoners across California launched the largest hunger strike in state history. Now, three weeks later, more than 600 prisoners continue to refuse meals, in spite of direct acts of retaliation by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Hunger … More Social Death and the Criminalization of Resistance in the California Prison Hunger Strikes

Race relations and our everyday lives: An excerpt from Albert Memmi’s "Racism"

July 30, 2013

The dynamics of race and prejudice in a gated community in Florida resonate throughout the world because they are, in fact, global and human conditions. In Racism, published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2000, sociologist Albert Memmi describes scenes in Paris and in Algeria that share significant similarities to the interactions between Trayvon … More Race relations and our everyday lives: An excerpt from Albert Memmi’s "Racism"

Housing and race: More than meets the eye

April 3, 2013

What is this billboard not asking us to question? BY DIANNE HARRISArchitectural historian and director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign At a prominent intersection in my city, a billboard presents the face of a white woman, her furrowed brow and sad eyes conveying a state … More Housing and race: More than meets the eye

World-Making and World-Devastation in Adrian Piper’s Self-Portrait 2000

December 6, 2012

Adrian Piper’s Self-Portrait 2000 (2000; Scroll-Down Website Artwork) is featured in the introduction to The Reorder of Things by Roderick A. Ferguson. Here, Ferguson explains the significance of this piece to his book. Collection and copyright Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation Berlin. BY RODERICK A. FERGUSONProfessor of race and critical theory at the University of … More World-Making and World-Devastation in Adrian Piper’s Self-Portrait 2000

Diane Fujino tackles new, explosive claims that Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki was an FBI informant.

August 23, 2012

Democracy Now!: Diane Fujino, author of Samurai among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life, appears on the show with Seth Rosenfeld, whose new book Subversives claims that Aoki informed on his colleagues. San Francisco Chronicle: An op-ed piece, published today, in which Fujino asks, where’s the evidence? Fred Ho weighs in: … More Diane Fujino tackles new, explosive claims that Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki was an FBI informant.

Reauthorizing Indianness (or Acts of Violence against Native Self-Determination)

June 19, 2012

Image source. BY MARK RIFKINAssociate professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro During the past few months, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives both have passed bills reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The law originally was adopted in 1994 and was last reauthorized in 2005, and in its … More Reauthorizing Indianness (or Acts of Violence against Native Self-Determination)

London 2012: A Woman’s Place is on the Field (Part 2 of 2)

June 6, 2012

Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewicz) was an Olympic athlete who won medals in the 1930s and was later found to have both female and malesex organs. Gender verification didn’t make its Olympic debut until 1968.Image source. BY AMY BASSProfessor of history at The College of New Rochelle As I wrote in my first book, a look … More London 2012: A Woman’s Place is on the Field (Part 2 of 2)

London 2012: A Woman’s Place is on the Field (Part 1 of 2)

June 5, 2012

Kathrine Switzer (pictured) madeher first historic run in 1967’s BostonMarathon, five years before womenwere officially allowed to race. Thisyear promises to be another revolutionaryone for gender identity and sports as Keelin Godsey works toward becomingthe first transgender Olympic athlete. BY AMY BASSProfessor of history at The College of New Rochelle There are many reasons that … More London 2012: A Woman’s Place is on the Field (Part 1 of 2)

Writing in Place with Alice Te Punga Somerville

May 30, 2012

In Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Place, Alice Te Punga Somerville illustrates how Māori and other Pacific peoples draw their identity not only from land but also from water. She interrogates the relationship between indigeneity, migration, and diaspora, focusing on texts such as poetry, fiction, theater, film, and music, viewed alongside historical instances of … More Writing in Place with Alice Te Punga Somerville