Site-Wide Activity

Me llamo Marcus Bowers. Soy de Detroit Michigan y soy es** viajero del tiempo. Enero de 2017 es cuando yo aprendo aprendí que poder podía viajar a través del tiempo. Hablo del segundo viaje. Yo llegué en Estado […]

By Cory Turner

An article from NPR discusses American education and why it fails to teach slavery’s ‘hard history.’

“‘In the ways that we teach and learn about the history of American slavery,’ write the […]

For this Brazil Culture and History Post, I wanted to talk about a population in Brazil that is considered one of the more recent groups of people that immigrated to Brazil. That being, the Japanese (specifically […]

Julie Hawks interviews historian Deidre Cooper Owens about her new book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

In Medical Bondage, Cooper Owens examines a wide range of s […]

By Daina Ramey Berry

Beyond the Slave Trade, the Cadaver Trade
“The topic of slavery features prominently in each February’s reflections on African-American history. But when it comes to this darkest time in o […]

By reviewing Wikipedia’s article regarding Brazilian history, I read “Race and Ethnicity in Brazil”. The article covers the racial issues in Brazil like the presence of indigenous people, the “Abolition of Slavery […]

Este fin de semana haré algo de trabajo. El sábado haré más y el domingo por la noche no haré nada. El domingo por la noche es el Super Bowl y nadie va a funcionar. ¡Algo que me encanta del Super Bowl es la inten […]

At the Wet: A DACAmented Journey, I learned a lot about the psychological tolls of being undocumented in the United States. Alex’s character, Anner, went through many governmental procedures just to fill the r […]

Today, February 2, some Brazilians celebrate the festival of Iemanjá (also spelled Yemanja), one of the most important Candomblé goddesses.  Candomblé, a Brazilian expression of several African faith tra […]

I write to share an announcement from Dr. Jeff Lantis, Chair of Global and International studies.

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We are excited to announce an upcoming panel and talk-back event, titled “The Dream Act T […]

“Stepping off that plane was the first time I felt like an immigrant” (WET). This quote refers to the point in the play where Alex steps off the plane in Guatemala for the first time. Alex has lived in the Uni […]

Alex Alpharaoh’s powerfully raw and vulnerable performance about his life and DACA experience taught me that people battling DACA struggle on a daily basis. DACA fighters must constantly watch their backs and w […]

Adam Clark

This performance that I went to was about the issues with DACA and how it affects immigrants that have come to this country illegally or have work permits but can not renew them because of the new […]

Este verano voy a trabajar en California a un parque. El parque se llama Calaveras Parque Estatal de Grandes Árboles. Estoy muy contenta y emocionada de trabajar con muchas personas hablando sobre la naturaleza y […]

Announcements

 Tons of grades are posted on Moodle

Do not be alarmed since Moodle doesn’t not calculate grades correctly

There was a reminder sent on Moodle about the group project and a poll  a […]

The article states that over the course of history, politicians have changed their accent in order to gain appeal with the voting population. The primary examples used are George W. Bush adopting a Texan drawl and […]

Writing Due: Your Accents, Identity, and Stereotype project is due this week: Accents, Identity, and Stereotype

You can either turn in your project to the front desk of the Writing Center by 3pm on Tuesday. […]

Classnotes

Class 1/30: The Portugese Colonial Enterprise

Class layout:

Map Quiz
Alberto presented a news story about the rise of evangelicalism and violence against the LGBT community […]

The 2018 Presidential election in Brazil will occur in the context of the impeachment of the previous President, Dilma Rousseff, the corruption charges against her successor Michel Temer, the conviction of […]

On the Caribbean island of Tobago, there is an odd snake. Many snakes are well camouflaged to blend in their environments, to surprise a tasty meal and to avoid their own predators. Other snakes are brightly […]