Tag: academia

When People of Color Are Discouraged From Going Into the Arts

Read Julia Lee’s thoughtful piece at The Atlantic.

The hard push to go into “STEM” fields comes from advocacy groups, government, even our own families and communities…at what cost?

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WATCH Black Scholars Discuss Afrofuturism in Black Theology

B O O M: UCLA faculty approves diversity class requirement

LINK: Evolve or GTFO

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Does The Horror Genre Misrepresent Minorities?

LINK: Professor Kenneth Roemer Thinks So

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The Need for More Professors of Color

LINK: AN ARTICLE FROM THE ATLANTIC

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Black Professors Are Expected to ‘Entertain’

Inside Academia: Teaching While Black

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The Mary Sue: Why Black Science Fiction Studies Matter

READ ALL ABOUT IT

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No, There Aren’t Really More Black Men In Jail Than In College

Don’t Believe the Hype

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Casting Natural Light: A Discussion with @SpikeLee Cinematographer Daniel Patterson

“Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” arrives in theaters this Friday the 13th!

Patterson talks “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” and working with Spike Lee.

(Via the Black Film Center Archive)

Benjamin Zephaniah, Sci-Fi Films & Discussion

Celebrating the UK’s Black History Month

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