Posts Tagged: race
Jim Crow Goes to the Movies
What was black and white and divided by color? Some with a long memory might answer the movies. Today some might just answer Hollywood. Recent accusations that the movie business is a “white industry” was pretty much confirmed by the
Jim Crow Goes to the Movies
What was black and white and divided by color? Some with a long memory might answer the movies. Today some might just answer Hollywood. Recent accusations that the movie business is a “white industry” was pretty much confirmed by the
#OscarsSoWhite
Here’s one sure way to get an Oscar nomination. Taking a cue from the title of this 1960 movie, perhaps the best way to get an Oscar nod in diversity-free 2015 would be to pass for white. Oscars so White…so
#OscarsSoWhite
Here’s one sure way to get an Oscar nomination. Taking a cue from the title of this 1960 movie, perhaps the best way to get an Oscar nod in diversity-free 2015 would be to pass for white. Oscars so White…so
NYPD Black and Blue
How do we move forward when we’re stuck in reverse? We are now living in the future we looked forward to in 1968, a time when racial tensions blew up into riots expressing long simmering injustices, a time of deep
NYPD Black and Blue
How do we move forward when we’re stuck in reverse? We are now living in the future we looked forward to in 1968, a time when racial tensions blew up into riots expressing long simmering injustices, a time of deep
Tortured Truth
Torture is not part of our American mythology of goodness and justice for all. “It’s not who we are,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in response to the CIA Torture Report. “…It’s contrary to our values,” asserted our first
Tortured Truth
Torture is not part of our American mythology of goodness and justice for all. “It’s not who we are,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in response to the CIA Torture Report. “…It’s contrary to our values,” asserted our first
A Primer on Police and White Privilege
White children learn early on the policeman is your friend. He keeps us safe. It is their truth. But the truth is often skewed, as simplistic as these vintage school book illustrations. The truth is as simple as black and
A Primer on Police and White Privilege
White children learn early on the policeman is your friend. He keeps us safe. It is their truth. But the truth is often skewed, as simplistic as these vintage school book illustrations. The truth is as simple as black and
Choking on Our Civil Rights
#ICantBreathe Police brutality-something old, something new, something borrowed….something definitely blue. When can we expect this tragic American tradition to change? …don’t hold your breath!
Choking on Our Civil Rights
#ICantBreathe Police brutality-something old, something new, something borrowed….something definitely blue. When can we expect this tragic American tradition to change? …don’t hold your breath!
A Vintage Vacation in Apartheid South Africa
A Long Trip to Equality Nelson Mandela’s lasting legacy will always be the abolition of apartheid in South Africa It is hard to imagine, but in that brutal time period of 1950s apartheid, as the dark reality of repressive laws
A Vintage Vacation in Apartheid South Africa
A Long Trip to Equality Nelson Mandela’s lasting legacy will always be the abolition of apartheid in South Africa It is hard to imagine, but in that brutal time period of 1950s apartheid, as the dark reality of repressive laws
Blackface Follies
Among the collection of vintage advertising we’re likely never to see today can be added this 1950 advertisement for Lifesaver’s Pep o Mint. Thinking nothing wrong in using black face to advertise their candy one even half expects the tag
Blackface Follies
Among the collection of vintage advertising we’re likely never to see today can be added this 1950 advertisement for Lifesaver’s Pep o Mint. Thinking nothing wrong in using black face to advertise their candy one even half expects the tag
White Wash
View the Entire Image of White Wash Despite the fact that many women were on the front lines in the civil rights movement, not only the driving force behind sit-ins, but helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington, the
White Wash
View the Entire Image of White Wash Despite the fact that many women were on the front lines in the civil rights movement, not only the driving force behind sit-ins, but helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington, the
Envisioning The American Dream 