by Eleanor Pritchett If the House is a home, it’s the perfect place to hold a reunion–and the message set by the Black History Month kickoff on February 6th was that the House is a home. Roots, Rebirth, and Renaissance is the theme of this year’s Black History Month at the Afro-American Cultural Center, and what…
by Alejandra Padín-Dujon On January 25th, American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ER&M) associate professor Birgit Rasmussen posted to her Facebook wall: “Craziest shopping period ever is drawing to a close.” Rasmussen—whose impending departure from Yale College comes in the midst of an exodus of ethnic studies faculty—teaches “Race and Gender in American Lit,” the…
by Nicole Chavez The Department of Homeland Security describes “If You See Something, Say Something” as “a national campaign that raises public awareness of the indicators of terrorism.” But when it comes to discerning suspicions of terrorism, visuals are not the only cues. Evident in the diatribes, often described as a “policy statements,” of U.S. Presidential…
by Alejandra Padín-Dujon (1) It only looks manageable from a safe distance. Otherwise, it’ll chill you to the goddamn bone. (2) Only God could educate everyone at once. (3) Because Key and Peele said so. (4) The number of POC friends you have has literally no effect on the fact that THE SNOW IS STILL THERE. (5) White people can…
by Ashia Ajani A few days ago, Wiz Khalifa tweeted about a strain of weed known as “KK.” Kanye West, likely in hopes of manufacturing a publicity stunt, responded virulently, insisting that Khalifa was talking about West’s wife, Kim Kardashian. In a Twitter rant he managed to compare himself to a God (typical Kanye), bully…