by Jeanette (Jet) Hood When I lived in Phoenix, my home was in a small diverse gated community and I befriended a young man who was staying with his grandmother next door to me. Michael enjoyed documentaries and fitness walks with his tunes. He made multiple laps around our community and I sometimes wondered why…
Still Alive: The Son of A Civil War Chattel Slave
In the struggle for human rights, every once in a while, a true rarity pops up that helps encapsulate the core meaning of the dialogue. According to the Washington Post: It’s not possible to know how many people alive today are the children of enslaved people, but we shouldn’t be so surprised that they still…
Breaking Down the Problem with Candace Owens
“When you share a Candace Owens video it becomes glaringly obvious that you don’t actually interact with or support any Black people in your personal life. It shows us how desperate you are to have your own racism and ignorance validated by the one Black person you can find to agree with you,” writes Dani…
Whitney Mestelle of Inclusive Idaho Sheds Light on the Real Meaning of Black Lives Matter
The woman who raised me was born in 1935. Her mother, born in 1904. 116 years have elapsed and yet we share the same story. Yes, there are notable differences – education, socioeconomic class, and legislation that elevates my right to live in a country free of legalized segregation. There has been progress, slow, but…
Yale University offers free course on African American history ‘from emancipation to the present’
As protests against police brutality and systemic racism have swept across the country following the death of George Floyd, many have been encouraged to educate themselves on the history of the black experience in the U.S. as a way to help contextualize recent events, Fox 2 News reports. Yale University offers a free course, called “African…
Psychology Today: Racism in Academic Publishing
“With the current focus on anti-Black racism, there has been a fresh look at all of our cherished institutions and how structural racism may be at work behind the scenes,” writes Monnica T Williams Ph.D. in a recent article that offers observations about race and peer-review from a Black female professor. Here are some excerpts:…
Meet Latosha Stone, making history as the first African American female OWNER of her own skateboard brand
“Founded by artist Latosha Stone in 2013, the skateboarding lifestyle brand Proper Gnar is experiencing a precipitous rise in popularity and product orders following its recent feature on performing artist Beyoncé Knowles’ Black Parade Directory of Black Owned Businesses,” Black Enterprises Magazine Reports. Additionally, Stone’s skateboards were recently featured on HBO’s TV show about skater girls called…
A Letter to My Daughters
This letter was written to my girls, as part of a project from the Idaho Black History Museum. Adults are speaking to children about the current racial climate. — M.S. *** To my beloved girls: You have heard me say it over and over again: “A lot of people love you.” My mother and father,…
Free Virtual Event: Socially Relevant and Gutsy Theatrical Work
FREE Virtual Event: Using personal memories and political events as source material, participants will explore methods for delving into movement and text to generate socially relevant and gutsy theatrical work. Participants are encouraged to tap into their theatrical and kinesthetic imagination and ability. In this interactive and inspiring event, New Jersey City University Center for…
A deeper look at current unrest and systemic racism
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. Modern variants of racism are…
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