Site-Wide Activity

This post is partly inspired by recent student activism at the College of Wooster, represented collectively by the Galpin Call-in, as well more recently students, especially students of color’s concerns about […]

This article posted yesterday discusses the 1998 hate-crime killing of James Byrd Jr. It was reported that John William King, one of the two men held responsible with a life sentences in prison, was executed. The […]

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The Danger of A Single Story”

In this class, while this course’s goal is to center African American History as central and part of the larger story of U.S. history, it also […]

Systematic Racism Explained

This morning we discussed the rise of conservativism in American politics and liberal and conservative law and order politics. Part of that discussion is connected to previous […]

“Kevin Kruse Takes to Twitter to School Dinesh D’Souza in American History” by Jeet Heer

Dinesh D’Souza gets a history lesson on Twitter. D’Souza has made a specialty of highlighting the undeniable racism of […]

Workshop II

Andrew Aldridge, “Killing Me Softly: An Observation of Hip Hop from a Feminist Lens”

This paper examines various ways women of color have fought against their portrayal in the male dominated hip […]

Para mi blog final, quise hacer algo especial. Yo escogí traducir algunos poemas que mi mejor amiga escribir escribió para yo mí. El primer poema se llama “My Dear,” o en español, “Mi Cielo.”

la nieve se derr […]

A beautiful spring day this morning and instead of staring at a mountain of email in my office, I went out to Wooster Memorial Park. The fresh air and sunshine did me good. Trees are leafing out, migratory […]

Palette knife painting, on Canvas by Chen. Found on Etsy here.
 
JR: I understand that for this assignment you decided not to pick something with which you had already been familiar, not something that had […]

 
JR: This looks like a promotional poster for a particular theater company. Is that what it is? Tell me         about the object: who created it? why? And, what are the words and images referring to? […]

En este episodio, revisamos nuestras conversaciones con estudiantes que estudiaron en el extranjero y luego hablamos sobre la participación de Estados Unidos en el conflicto latinoamericano. 

Paige Clay, “The mammy caricature through film and the responses of Black women”

For my final paper I’ve decided to explore the idea of the mammy caricature through film. I’ve also ties this to our class b […]

No hay mucho a hablar sober en este podcast porque nosotros hablamos de la gran mayoridad de nuestros experiencias con español en los otros podcasts. En este podcast hay un discussion de ideas y experiencias […]

¡Escucha a Ciudades Semana a Semana! En nuestro podcast, vamos a investigar una ciudad hispánica del mundo. Cada semana, cambiamos la ciudad. En el podcast, hablamos sobre la música, la historia, la comida, los lu […]

Durante los fines el fin de semana, yo fui a mi casa. Vi mi gato y mi familia, incluye mis abuelos y primos. Nosotros comimos en el restaurante China Dynasty en Columbus. Nosotros tocamos tomamos fotos de f […]

Los exámenes finales empiezan en dos semanas. He estudiado para los exámenes antes, pero cada vez hay diferentes desafíos. Todos mis exámenes son lunes y martes. Eso es muchos exámenes en dos días. Después de las […]

Para celebrar la Pascua, yo fui a mi casa por la noche y un día. Estaba feliz de dormir en mi cama… una cama grande (mi cama de escuela es pequeña). Cada año, mi familia celebra la Pascua a la casa de mis tí […]

Just over one decade ago, history was made in the United States when our first black president, Barack Obama, was inaugurated following the 2008 election. Now, there are more women and minorities vying for the […]

Este fin de semana, yo realmente tengo planes. Mis padres y mi hermanito van a visitarme. Cuando llegan lleguen, voy a les darles mi ropa del invierno porque no la necesito para el resto de este semestre. Después […]