Stories matching tag 'Race'

A City of Muted Color

Erin Aubry Kaplan talks about her book, "Black Talk, Blue Thoughts and Walking the Color Line." [...]

Birth certificate controversy exemplifies racialized politics

With the release of President Obama's birth certificate, University of Southern California law professor Ariela Gross hopes it will put an end to the so-called birther movement. [...]

Novelist Susan Straight talks about her new book, ‘Take One Candle Light a Room’

Susan Straight's book was inspired by real stories of race, class and migration from her community in the Inland Empire. [...]

NPR Host Michele Norris talks about her memoir, ‘The Grace of Silence’

Norris' book traverses her Minneapolis childhood home, her familial roots in the South and her family's "hidden conversation" about race. [...]

Virtual Book Club discusses race and America’s future

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Youth learn about media and its impact on stereotypes

The Youth Media Education Conference held at Cal State University Dominguez Hills debated issues such as self esteem and sexual identity. [...]

Toni Morrison’s Bluest Eye re-visited

Morrison's story about the warped development of identity for young black women is still loud and clear in modern culture. [...]

BLOG: The Entryway Project: old prejudices, new media

Two white "reporters" moved in with an immigrant family in MacArthur Park and are documenting their experiences. The question is: why? [...]

Silence Equals Death

The widespread use of the words "bitch" and "ho" to describe young women of color exemplifies the rampant degradation of black femininity. [...]

Panel discusses idea of post-racial society

imageThe Freedom Socialist Party gathered several civil rights advocates to discuss the myth of a post-racial society as part of their Black History Month celebration. [...]

BLOG: How unemployment will change the attitude of young America

The job market is tough, and young people seeking work may be altered by it for the rest of their lives. [...]

A talk with the director of SKIN

The new film SKIN questions racial identity and introduces audiences to ubuntu [...]