Posts Tagged ‘History’

Today’s efforts to combat human trafficking reflect historical racism and sexism

Today’s efforts to combat human trafficking reflect historical racism and sexism
By Melissa Ditmore, Current efforts to address trafficking in persons are both reminiscent of and informed by the history of slavery and trafficking in the United States and elsewhere. In fact, trafficking in persons is often referred to as “modern-day slavery.” Historical grounding confirms that...
January 11th, 2011 | Slavery/Human Trafficking | 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

Mexico City: The flight of the eagle

Mexico City: The flight of the eagle
The ruins and remains are this city’s history textbook, wide open for all to see, to read, to breathe. Mexico City – Past and present collide right in front of the amazed eyes of the spectator who stands  between the ruins of the Templo Mayor or Great Temple, and the Metropolitan Cathedral...
January 6th, 2011 | Featured, World | Read More

A “war on drugs” or a war on people of color?

A “war on drugs” or a war on people of color?
When the head of the California division of the NAACP spoke out in support of that state’s Proposition 19 this summer, there seemed to be an equal amount of immediate praise and backlash. Alice Huffman labeled the drug war as a “civil rights issue” getting attention both on a state and national...
October 21st, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Featured | Read More

Relentless pioneer cemetery evokes Mexican migrant workers roots in Arizona

Relentless pioneer cemetery evokes Mexican migrant workers roots in Arizona
The labor of thousands of peasants brought from Mexico into Arizona in 1917 contributed to the farming revolution that placed a new state on the path of progress and the workers on a historical dimension. Avondale. Arizona April 13, 2010. In the midst of the solitude of the Goodyear Farms Historic...
April 15th, 2010 | Employment, Featured, Racial Equity | Read More

Native Americans are part of African American history

Native Americans are part of African American history
By Luay Broadnax If you’re white and say you have Native American blood, then that’s alright.  It’s looked on in some places as a badge of honor. But if you’re black, you’re accused of not wanting to own your African lineage. Luay Broadnax I have lived more than 70 years as an African American...
February 18th, 2010 | Talk About Race | Read More

“Belinda’s Petition” a perfect primer on the subject of reparations

“Belinda’s Petition” a perfect primer on the subject of reparations
The timing of my reading Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations For The Transatlantic Slave Trade by Dr. Raymond A. Winbush (2009) coinciding with Black History Month was completely random, but obviously fitting. Back in December 2009, I shot an interview with Dr. Winbush for my documentary...
February 8th, 2010 | African Americans, Featured | Read More

Why the US owes Haiti billions – The briefest history

Why the US owes Haiti billions – The briefest history
By Bill Quigley Why does the US owe Haiti Billions? Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, stated his foreign policy view as the “Pottery Barn rule.” That is – “if you break it, you own it.” The US has worked to break Haiti for over 200 years. We owe Haiti. Not charity....
January 22nd, 2010 | Featured, Haiti | Read More

White Man’s Burden Redux: The Movie!

White Man’s Burden Redux: The Movie!
As I am typing this, I am five hours and 25 minutes into a 15+ hour trip on a slow train to Baltimore. I’m on en route to D.C. to interview sociologist and author Dr. James Loewen for my documentary film, A Past, Denied: The Invisible History of Slavery in Canada. This interview is two years in the...
December 3rd, 2009 | Culture, Pop culture | Read More

Slavery in Canada forgotten, until now

Slavery in Canada forgotten, until now
History is not the past, it is how we recount the past. A Past, Denied: The Invisible History of Slavery in Canada is a feature-length documentary by independent filmmaker Mike Barber. The film, which is currently in production, explores how a false sense of history—both taught in the classroom and...
November 19th, 2009 | Culture, The Arts | Read More