No Se Vende: Gentrification and Its Resistance
We live in an era where claims are commonly made, and largely accepted, that the U.S. has made such significant and irrefutable progress from its past of racial struggle that […]
Tag Archives: Post-Race
Who’s Afraid of Social Responsibility?: Post-Blackness and Community Action
When I was in eighth grade I took a placement test and was switched into an advanced math class. The move meant that I changed out of the regular track, […]
What’s Wrong with Being Militant?
The African American Studies program in which I majored at my university was founded–like countless other Black, Brown and Ethnic Studies Departments–as the result of student, staff and faculty organizing. […]
Precious Knowledge: Knowing Your History Is a Radical Act
The remarkable film Precious Knowledge recounts the stories of the students and teachers who comprise the Raza Studies Program, a series of courses which focus on Mexican and Chicano history, […]
Identifying as Mixed-Class: Or; Why Does ‘Diversity’ Tend to Leave Out Economics?
My parents met in their freshman year of college. My white mother had arrived from a wealthy Chicago suburb, was the daughter of a professor, and from a long line […]
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