Mass Incarceration: A destroyer of people of color and their communities
Dear Obama Administration, instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system that has used the “War on Drugs” policy to put more Black males in the criminal justice system than slavery in 1850? Around...
MAY 17TH, 2010 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | READ MORE
Race is Sexy. Sex is Racy. Now “Get Lost”
Race is sexy. And sex is racy. Is it any wonder that our society seems fascinated, obsessed even, with their combination? Consider the latest photo shoot by Mikael Jansson titled Let’s Get Lost, in the current issue of Interview Magazine. The photos are edgy. They’re sexually charged,...
MAY 17TH, 2010 | CULTURE, POP CULTURE | READ MORE
The institutionalization of colorblindness
Originally published at St. Louis Beacon Arizona continues to be in the news for legislation that is possibly racially charged. The most recent source of controversy is House Bill 2281 , which would ban ethnic studies classes. More generally, it would write colorblindness into the law. The bill states...
MAY 17TH, 2010 | FEATURED | READ MORE
Theater of the oppressed
By Jory Farr, journalist and author Hector Aristizabal Theater of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical popular education movements, was the brainchild of the Brazilian visionary Augusto Boal. Yet, his many disciples have given the original impetus of the art form a slightly different...
MAY 17TH, 2010 | FEATURED | READ MORE
Héctor Aristizábal: Telling stories to change the world
By Dr. Alcira Dueñas This past weekend, I had the unique opportunity to attend a talk, a play, and part of a workshop by Héctor Aristizábal, a multiphacetic artist with a singular approach to life and a serious commitment to transform the vital experience of many around the planet. The way Héctor...
MAY 16TH, 2010 | THE ARTS | READ MORE
Drug bust or racist revenge?
Sheriff Scott Franklin of Jena says he is trying to rid his community of drugs. Critics say he is pursuing a vendetta against the town’s Black community. At four am on July 9 of last year, more than 150 officers from 10 different agencies gathered in a large barn just outside Jena, Louisiana. The day...
MAY 14TH, 2010 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TALK ABOUT RACE |READ MORE
The unsung heroes of workplace safety
By Cheryl Staats, Research Assistant at the Kirwan Institute In the midst of the uproar surrounding comprehensive immigration reform and the devastating new law in Arizona that seemingly legalizes racial profiling, immigrants and their advocates and organizers are shouldering the strains of these significant...
MAY 14TH, 2010 | ORGANIZING LATINO IMMIGRANTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE | READ MORE
Sister law student Part II: Elena Kagan
Annette Gordon-Reed No one is more delighted than I am that esteemed presidential historian, Annette Gordon- Reed will join the faculty at Harvard Law School. Despite the fact that she was recruited by then Dean Elena Kagan, I respectfully disagree with Charles Ogletree that Elena Kagan is a good choice...
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