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White Noise

White Noise
While indulging in a late afternoon nap, I was awakened by a phone call from a dear friend inviting me to see “White Noise: A Cautionary Musical” at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago. Produced by Whoopi Goldberg, and inspired by real-life singing white separatist twins, Lamb and Lynx Gaede,...
May 18th, 2011 | Culture, Reviews, The Arts | Read More

On multivitamin: art as dietary supplement

Excerpt/Preview: —- “On Multivitamin: Art as Dietary Supplement.” Artist Talk w/ Evan Nabrit and (American) Ex-Patriots in Paris, FR. 2010. — Filmed: November 21st, 2010. — American Visual Artist, Evan Nabrit (b.1982) gives talk on recent collage work @ intimate gathering,...
April 21st, 2011 | Culture, European, Pop culture, The Arts | Read More

10 Reasons not to read this

10 Reasons not to read this
1. Let’s start with the obvious: The author is a white male, part of a group whose voice is vastly overrepresented in the media. Instead of reading yet another piece from a white male perspective, why not read something written by those whose voices are either not heard or marginalized. 2. Chances...
January 24th, 2011 | Creative Writing, Talk About Race, The Arts | Read More

A Few Words In Defense of the N-Word, in the Novels of Mark Twain

A Few Words In Defense of the N-Word, in the Novels of Mark Twain
Well, here’s a piece I never imagined myself writing: A defense of a white man’s use of the N-word. I want to start with a little back-story: I don’t use the N-word. Not ever. But I used to, not so long ago. I used it in the context of talking about racism in my psychology of race and...
January 11th, 2011 | Culture, The Arts | Read More

Héctor Aristizábal: Telling stories to change the world

Héctor Aristizábal: Telling stories to change the world
By Dr. Alcira Dueñas This past weekend, I had the unique opportunity to attend a talk, a play, and part of a workshop by Héctor Aristizábal, a multiphacetic artist with a singular approach to life and a serious commitment to transform the vital experience of many around the planet. The way Héctor...
May 16th, 2010 | The Arts | Read More

Ernesto Yerena: A rising grassroots artistic force

Ernesto Yerena: A rising grassroots artistic force
We are Human Fist: Collaboration with Shepard Fairey visit http://hechoconganas.com This “golden boy” of social art has already created historic images. And he’s just beginning. For the thousands of people who have participated in recent pro-immigration marches and demonstrations...
March 16th, 2010 | Culture, The Arts | Read More

Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women in North America Speak Out

Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women in North America Speak Out
Being interracial in Canada is about crossing borders: some imaginary, and some rigidly imposed.  It is also about juggling with hyphens and margins, and struggling to carve out a space in Canada’s proclaimed multicultural imaginary – a space that, as many might argue, is largely make-believe...
February 23rd, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture, Featured, The Arts | Read More

The African American

The African American
An Open Poem Response to Smokey Robinson Smokey Robinson’s original poem There’s no shame in taking on another new name Because each new identity increases our game Sojourner Truth Frederick Douglass Ntozake, Amiri B. Malcolm X, Martin Luther and Assata, you see? But you don’t understand That...
February 10th, 2010 | Creative Writing, Culture, Featured, The Arts | Read More
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