Text and Contexts in Literature and Culture
Hortense Spillers said it best when she proclaimed: Let’s face it. I am a marked woman, but not everybody knows my name. ‘Peaches,’ and ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Sapphire’ and ‘Earth Mother,’ ‘Aunty,’ ‘Granny,’….or ‘Black Woman at the Podium.’ I describe a locus of confounded identities, a meeting ground of investments and privations in the national treasury of rhetorical wealth. My country needs me, and if I were not here, I would have to be invented. Spillers’ posturing points to the complex and delicate challenges black women encounter in the minefield of mental, spiritual, and cultural “codings” that, as Spillers stresses, create markers of identity so loaded with mythical prepossession that there is “no easy way for the agents buried beneath to come clean.”
But what is it about black women’s identity that makes them marked women? What is it about their presence—their essence—that makes them a threat in some social circles? Much of this uneasiness can be traced to the tension that exists between the real and imagined properties of black womanhood that circulate in America’s Grammar book (borrowing from Hortense Spillers). This book, a virtual roadmap of the history that has created and sustained the false imaginings of a culture bent on promoting whiteness and its privileges, distorts the ideal of black womanhood.
What this volume proposes to do is explore the various “imaginings” of the black female body in print and visual culture, sports, America’s iconic landscape (i.e. the mammy figure and the video vixen), politics, and law. Contributors can also write on literature, science, music, photography, or the fashion industry. Papers should discuss not only how this black female body is framed, but also how black women (and their allies) have sought to write/rite themselves back into these social discourses on their terms. It is my hope that this volume will create a dialogue with other outstanding volumes on the black female body.
If you are interested in being a part of this book, please forward to me an abstract by January 15, 2008. Entire papers will be due by September 1, 2008. You can send your abstract via email to ceh@udel.edu. Or you may send your abstract by landmail to:
Dr. Carol E. Henderson
Associate Professor of English and Black American Studies
212 Memorial Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Hip Hop Jam
We seek engaging and accessibly written essays for a proposed edited collection of close analyses of hip hop music. Tentatively titled, The Hip Hop Jam: Messages and Music, this collection examines hip hop music from multiple micro-level, up-close perspectives. We seek to help the music and its messages come alive one song at a time.
Each submitted essay should focus on one song by any artist in any hip hop musical genre. We welcome submissions from scholars across disciplines that apply their tools of interpretation, their ways of reading and listening, to the analysis of one song each.
Each close reading should examine lyrical and/or musical form and content in detail as well as consider how history, gender, sexuality, race, class, political, geographical, religious, and/or economic issues inform the song. Essays should be free of esoteric discipline-specific argot. Aim for an undergraduate readership. The goal is to illuminate what can be made of the rich complexity of hip hop music if one stops and takes the time to listen and to analyze.
Authors should submit an abstract of 250 words and a CV by December 15, 2007. The abstract should contain the author’s name, contact information, and the working title of the proposed analysis. Proposed manuscripts should be original work not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Accepted authors will be notified by January 31, 2008. Ten to twelve page MLA formatted manuscripts will be due on May 31, 2008.
Abstracts and inquiries should be forwarded to the Hip Hop Jam Editorial Board: Ebony Utley, Jordan Smith, Christina Zanfagna, and Loren Kajikawa at hiphopjam08@gmail.com.
Email: hiphopjam08@gmail.com
Each submitted essay should focus on one song by any artist in any hip hop musical genre. We welcome submissions from scholars across disciplines that apply their tools of interpretation, their ways of reading and listening, to the analysis of one song each.
Each close reading should examine lyrical and/or musical form and content in detail as well as consider how history, gender, sexuality, race, class, political, geographical, religious, and/or economic issues inform the song. Essays should be free of esoteric discipline-specific argot. Aim for an undergraduate readership. The goal is to illuminate what can be made of the rich complexity of hip hop music if one stops and takes the time to listen and to analyze.
Authors should submit an abstract of 250 words and a CV by December 15, 2007. The abstract should contain the author’s name, contact information, and the working title of the proposed analysis. Proposed manuscripts should be original work not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Accepted authors will be notified by January 31, 2008. Ten to twelve page MLA formatted manuscripts will be due on May 31, 2008.
Abstracts and inquiries should be forwarded to the Hip Hop Jam Editorial Board: Ebony Utley, Jordan Smith, Christina Zanfagna, and Loren Kajikawa at hiphopjam08@gmail.com.
Email: hiphopjam08@gmail.com
Quote of the Week
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive
Audre Lorde
Event of the Week
KU Press Release
Civil rights leader, congressman to receive Dole Leadership Prize
LAWRENCE — Legendary civil rights activist U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., will receive this year’s Robert J. Dole Leadership Prize from the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Roll Call magazine has called Lewis “a genuine American hero and moral leader who commands widespread respect in the chamber.”
The program takes place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Lied Center. Tickets are required but are free.
(click here for more info)
Goal of the Week:
Undergraduates!!!
It is time for midterms. Most of you have probably taken your exams and many of you are recovering from them as I type this message. Your challenge for this week is to make an appointment with 2 or more of your professors and discuss your progress. If you are having a rough time in class, this is the time address your strategy for the remainder of the semester. This is your second chance (should you need it) so take the initiative and be progressive.
Peace
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive
Audre Lorde
Event of the Week
KU Press Release
Civil rights leader, congressman to receive Dole Leadership Prize
LAWRENCE — Legendary civil rights activist U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., will receive this year’s Robert J. Dole Leadership Prize from the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Roll Call magazine has called Lewis “a genuine American hero and moral leader who commands widespread respect in the chamber.”
The program takes place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Lied Center. Tickets are required but are free.
(click here for more info)
Goal of the Week:
Undergraduates!!!
It is time for midterms. Most of you have probably taken your exams and many of you are recovering from them as I type this message. Your challenge for this week is to make an appointment with 2 or more of your professors and discuss your progress. If you are having a rough time in class, this is the time address your strategy for the remainder of the semester. This is your second chance (should you need it) so take the initiative and be progressive.
Peace
Friday, October 05, 2007
KU Libraries receives grant to help fund jazz programs
LAWRENCE — The Thomas Gorton Music and Dance Library at the University of Kansas has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to present a series of six jazz programs in partnership with the Lawrence Public Library. All of the events are free and open to the public.
“Looking at Jazz: America’s Art Form” is a video-and-discussion program for libraries that examines the development of this uniquely American musical genre. Every Friday for six weeks, different jazz topics will be explored through documentaries and expert panel discussions. Faculty members from KU’s Interdisciplinary Jazz Studies Group will lead discussions following each film.
Dates and topics of discussion:
Oct. 5 — New Orleans and the Origins of Jazz
Oct. 12 — The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance
Oct. 19 — Jazz Vocalists
Oct. 26 — The Swing Era
Nov. 2 — Jazz Innovators: From Bebop, to Hard Bop, to Cool and More
Nov. 9 — Latin Jazz and International Jazz
Each event will take place at 7 p.m. at the auditorium in the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Recordings and other materials from the Gorton Music and Dance Library and the Sound Archive will be on display at each of the events. George Gibbs, head of the Gorton Music and Dance Library, said he hopes the programs will alert the public to the extensive jazz collections the library holds.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have one of the most comprehensive jazz archives in the Midwest right here at KU,” he said. “I hope that these programs will shed light on this amazing collection and on the art form itself.”
The programs will be presented by Re:New Media in collaboration with the American Library Association and Jazz at Lincoln Center, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. An application submitted by the KU Libraries brought the program to Lawrence.
The Gorton Music and Dance Library contains more than 111,000 scores, books, sound recordings, videos, microforms and serials. It has the leading music collection in the Great Plains region.
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The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. University Relations is the central public relations office for KU's Lawrence campus.
“Looking at Jazz: America’s Art Form” is a video-and-discussion program for libraries that examines the development of this uniquely American musical genre. Every Friday for six weeks, different jazz topics will be explored through documentaries and expert panel discussions. Faculty members from KU’s Interdisciplinary Jazz Studies Group will lead discussions following each film.
Dates and topics of discussion:
Oct. 5 — New Orleans and the Origins of Jazz
Oct. 12 — The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance
Oct. 19 — Jazz Vocalists
Oct. 26 — The Swing Era
Nov. 2 — Jazz Innovators: From Bebop, to Hard Bop, to Cool and More
Nov. 9 — Latin Jazz and International Jazz
Each event will take place at 7 p.m. at the auditorium in the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Recordings and other materials from the Gorton Music and Dance Library and the Sound Archive will be on display at each of the events. George Gibbs, head of the Gorton Music and Dance Library, said he hopes the programs will alert the public to the extensive jazz collections the library holds.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have one of the most comprehensive jazz archives in the Midwest right here at KU,” he said. “I hope that these programs will shed light on this amazing collection and on the art form itself.”
The programs will be presented by Re:New Media in collaboration with the American Library Association and Jazz at Lincoln Center, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. An application submitted by the KU Libraries brought the program to Lawrence.
The Gorton Music and Dance Library contains more than 111,000 scores, books, sound recordings, videos, microforms and serials. It has the leading music collection in the Great Plains region.
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The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. University Relations is the central public relations office for KU's Lawrence campus.
Oh, Lino Graglia...You Bitch!!!
I'm writing this in retrospect, and I don't feel very secure that I'll remember what I wanted to say well enough to express my disgust sufficiently enough, but I'll try.
Yesterday, 4 October 2007, Professor Lino Graglia from the University of Texas, a constitutional law professor, was invited to lecture on the horrors of Affirmative Action by the Federalist Society of the University of Kansas. That nigga is a bigot! I generally try to conserve such accusations for those who might be offended by such suggestions. Lino Graglia, perhaps, would not care about being labeled as such. Anywho, I wouldn't be fair if I didn't at least give a brief synopsis of his arguments:
If you haven't caught my first complaint, it's the abnormal fixation upon blacks. Gragley justified his obsession in the question and answer section by stating that "if it weren't for blacks (whining?) there would be no affirmative action." He then went on to say that Latinos and Asians merely jumped on the race preference bandwagon after schools began to develop programs for blacks.
Gragley's central argument was that blacks in the 12th grade, at some point in time, were only educated to an 8th grade level. Such an academic disparity did not warrant "racial preferences" because "race preference" programs merely placed inferior black students in Ivy League schools that they can't handle. At no point did Gragley suggest a solution for the root problem of academic disparities. In fact, if I recall, he actually suggested that there is no solution for such a racial disgrace. He instead supported the ending of affirmative action so that "blacks" can go to schools where they can compete.
End of his lecture!
Racial insensitivity aside, Graggs must be stupid if he thinks that everyone in the audience isn't at least minutely aware of the number of black youths who disproportionately suck at life. What astounded me, is that despite the glaring fact that white women have been the leading beneficiaries of affirmative action programs ever since they fanagled their way into being a minoritized group (which I'm not denying that they are, but white women need aff. act. in the workplace so much more than in undergraduate colleges, but that's a separate discussion), but he proceeded to bypass all other minority groups, saving his most scathing attacks for "blacks." (he NEVER mentioned white women.)
Furthermore, Graggila made it a point to first make an erroneous distinction between "race mixing" programs and diversity programs--as if by having a diversity of races, you don't automatically acquire diversity. And then, after making the distinction, he proceeded to attack the importance of diversity in general! (That man must have wet dreams of his experiences at CSU--Caucasia State University.)
I call Grag-gizzle a bigot because: 1) his unusual desire to lay all of the blame on "blacks" reveals an internal conflict between himself--as a white male--and black people in general. 2) The only possible explanation for why he would carry such opinions of affirmative action, while simultaneously declaring that the central cause of his objections is the academic disparity between the races, is a (perhaps subconscious) desire for racial self-preservation--the man is languishing in his own white privilege and white supremacy, the simple fact that he chose not to research the causes of black under-education but instead the birth pains of black over-education is evidence that his concern lies not with blacks, but with whites; his concern is not with education, but with race; he cares little for collective progress, and denies the potential for collective oppression (simply put, ivy league blacks threaten white privilege and superiority over time).
Attacking affirmative action is a defense mechanism that overprivileged whites develop to justify their privilege. Attacks on affirmative action that are based upon the failures of the American public (secondary) education system are merely a defense mechanism to support and maintain notions of white (academic) superiority. Attacking the scores of blacks in high schools--most of whom never make it to Universities, sadly--says nothing of the blacks in college. Such statistics have no place in College Affirmative Action discourse!
He disacknowledges claims that blacks deserve affirmative action if for no other reason than they weren't granted the right to an education by law at one time. (Alternately, blacks could deserve affirmative action because it generally will improve competition in white collar arenas (that is if whites were willing to hire highly educated blacks that are not conservative) but Graggle Rock apparently is not interested in competing with blacks--at least not on an equal footing. Also, one could argue that the reason for Groggles opinions is because when he was in school, he was drowning in a sea of white opinion. Perhaps, a little diversity would have saved him from the sin of ignorance. But he addresses none of these ideas either.)
One of the more frustrating discussions was about a timeline. Graggy Bear didn't even suggest timelines, the more moderate Federalist Society guy did. He asked "When are affirmative action programs supposed to end?" This is all I have to say on that matter: Blacks were not supposed to be legally treated as equals under the law from the first time black slaves walked on colonial American soil until the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No one has any right to discuss timelines until we get close to the same number of years. If actual equality is achieved--not just in law, but in society--there should be a discussion regarding the ongoing merits of affirmative action policies. Until then, shut your goddamn bigot mouth!
My greatest indictment of the whole concept is this: Why are school admissions programs a matter of law subject to the constitution? Education is not guaranteed by the constitution. If it was, no one would ever PAY to go to college, it would be completely subsidized/socialized. Since schools receive government funds, but are not government entities, I imagine that they should receive the same legal treatment as any other non-governmental BUSINESS that receives government aid. If the federal government can give billions to the airline industry without controlling basic hiring procedures, if the federal government can subsidize farmers without telling them what and when to plant, then why is the government sticking their greasy palms in my education. If a school wants to increase diversity, then let them do so. Don't ride the University of Michigan's dick just because they create a quota system that WORKS.
As an aside, I don't know a single white person that has a right to complain. Let's talk rhetoric: if a white person chooses to attack a school for creating a race-based affirmative action policy while simultaneously maintaining that "blacks" anything, they are rhetorically subjecting themselves to racial grouping as well. In that sense, we can talk raw numbers. Because he (or she) is white, and 70% or more of the college is white anyway, they have no complaint. If I am supposed to be grouped in with my black brothers and sisters whenever you make a flagrant generalization about my race, I too reserve the right to generalize about yours. And white people single-handedly dominate college campuses. So shut your trap and be glad that white supremacy still stands.
~Thank your lucky stars that Harvard, Yale, or Princeton doesn't decide to go entirely over to merit based admission. The moment the United States decides to suppress race admissions in favor of pure merits, I personally will make a movement to have minority students of excellence enroll in those schools. I will demand that they flood traditionally white Universities with brown faces until white students are the minority of the freshman...sophomore...junior...and someday Senior class. What could they do in a merit based system? They would have to let us in. Eliminate legacy programs, balance the financial aide programs, tame the athletics privileges, and BOOM! Be prepared to lose your much coveted spot to SUPERIOR minority academics.
But that would never happen. I just thought I might suggest the possibility. There's no way I could rally that many black, latino, and asian academics to a single school for four years. But if it were possible, if there was that much unity, I think affirmative action programs would be largely unnecessary. But there's not. And black people need a real reason to come to a school with a hostile racial environment. And yea, from what I hear, Ivy Leagues do not favor middle and lower class black youth. So suck it up white people, in the general sense, it's not so bad.
Oh, and Lino Graglia is a BITCH!!!!
And here's a general list of arguments from his lecture:
1. the only reason for race preference is because blacks underperform
2. the gaps (between the races) are too great to be ignored or overcome
3. the root (of the problem) is poor black academic performance
a. there is a 4 yr gap in reading and math between white and black students
4. the gap IS NOT decreasing--that is "pure fantasy"
5. without "preferences" the number of blacks (at ivy league schools?) would drop below 11%
6. instead of going to schools where they can compete, blacks go to schools where they are academically inferior
7. "Ethnic Studies" (was created) to (try to) prove white racism and conceal inferiority
And here's a link to one of his essays, ***warning, it is not for the egalitarian of heart***:
"The Affirmative Action Fraud"
Yesterday, 4 October 2007, Professor Lino Graglia from the University of Texas, a constitutional law professor, was invited to lecture on the horrors of Affirmative Action by the Federalist Society of the University of Kansas. That nigga is a bigot! I generally try to conserve such accusations for those who might be offended by such suggestions. Lino Graglia, perhaps, would not care about being labeled as such. Anywho, I wouldn't be fair if I didn't at least give a brief synopsis of his arguments:
"Affirmative Action...blacks...blacks...blacks...blacks...blacks...blacks...blacks...blacks...racial preference...blacks...blacks...blacks...Italians...blacks...blacks...blacks in the 12th grade at the level of 8th grade whites...blacks...blacks...blacks..."
If you haven't caught my first complaint, it's the abnormal fixation upon blacks. Gragley justified his obsession in the question and answer section by stating that "if it weren't for blacks (whining?) there would be no affirmative action." He then went on to say that Latinos and Asians merely jumped on the race preference bandwagon after schools began to develop programs for blacks.
Gragley's central argument was that blacks in the 12th grade, at some point in time, were only educated to an 8th grade level. Such an academic disparity did not warrant "racial preferences" because "race preference" programs merely placed inferior black students in Ivy League schools that they can't handle. At no point did Gragley suggest a solution for the root problem of academic disparities. In fact, if I recall, he actually suggested that there is no solution for such a racial disgrace. He instead supported the ending of affirmative action so that "blacks" can go to schools where they can compete.
End of his lecture!
Racial insensitivity aside, Graggs must be stupid if he thinks that everyone in the audience isn't at least minutely aware of the number of black youths who disproportionately suck at life. What astounded me, is that despite the glaring fact that white women have been the leading beneficiaries of affirmative action programs ever since they fanagled their way into being a minoritized group (which I'm not denying that they are, but white women need aff. act. in the workplace so much more than in undergraduate colleges, but that's a separate discussion), but he proceeded to bypass all other minority groups, saving his most scathing attacks for "blacks." (he NEVER mentioned white women.)
Furthermore, Graggila made it a point to first make an erroneous distinction between "race mixing" programs and diversity programs--as if by having a diversity of races, you don't automatically acquire diversity. And then, after making the distinction, he proceeded to attack the importance of diversity in general! (That man must have wet dreams of his experiences at CSU--Caucasia State University.)
I call Grag-gizzle a bigot because: 1) his unusual desire to lay all of the blame on "blacks" reveals an internal conflict between himself--as a white male--and black people in general. 2) The only possible explanation for why he would carry such opinions of affirmative action, while simultaneously declaring that the central cause of his objections is the academic disparity between the races, is a (perhaps subconscious) desire for racial self-preservation--the man is languishing in his own white privilege and white supremacy, the simple fact that he chose not to research the causes of black under-education but instead the birth pains of black over-education is evidence that his concern lies not with blacks, but with whites; his concern is not with education, but with race; he cares little for collective progress, and denies the potential for collective oppression (simply put, ivy league blacks threaten white privilege and superiority over time).
Attacking affirmative action is a defense mechanism that overprivileged whites develop to justify their privilege. Attacks on affirmative action that are based upon the failures of the American public (secondary) education system are merely a defense mechanism to support and maintain notions of white (academic) superiority. Attacking the scores of blacks in high schools--most of whom never make it to Universities, sadly--says nothing of the blacks in college. Such statistics have no place in College Affirmative Action discourse!
He disacknowledges claims that blacks deserve affirmative action if for no other reason than they weren't granted the right to an education by law at one time. (Alternately, blacks could deserve affirmative action because it generally will improve competition in white collar arenas (that is if whites were willing to hire highly educated blacks that are not conservative) but Graggle Rock apparently is not interested in competing with blacks--at least not on an equal footing. Also, one could argue that the reason for Groggles opinions is because when he was in school, he was drowning in a sea of white opinion. Perhaps, a little diversity would have saved him from the sin of ignorance. But he addresses none of these ideas either.)
One of the more frustrating discussions was about a timeline. Graggy Bear didn't even suggest timelines, the more moderate Federalist Society guy did. He asked "When are affirmative action programs supposed to end?" This is all I have to say on that matter: Blacks were not supposed to be legally treated as equals under the law from the first time black slaves walked on colonial American soil until the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No one has any right to discuss timelines until we get close to the same number of years. If actual equality is achieved--not just in law, but in society--there should be a discussion regarding the ongoing merits of affirmative action policies. Until then, shut your goddamn bigot mouth!
My greatest indictment of the whole concept is this: Why are school admissions programs a matter of law subject to the constitution? Education is not guaranteed by the constitution. If it was, no one would ever PAY to go to college, it would be completely subsidized/socialized. Since schools receive government funds, but are not government entities, I imagine that they should receive the same legal treatment as any other non-governmental BUSINESS that receives government aid. If the federal government can give billions to the airline industry without controlling basic hiring procedures, if the federal government can subsidize farmers without telling them what and when to plant, then why is the government sticking their greasy palms in my education. If a school wants to increase diversity, then let them do so. Don't ride the University of Michigan's dick just because they create a quota system that WORKS.
As an aside, I don't know a single white person that has a right to complain. Let's talk rhetoric: if a white person chooses to attack a school for creating a race-based affirmative action policy while simultaneously maintaining that "blacks" anything, they are rhetorically subjecting themselves to racial grouping as well. In that sense, we can talk raw numbers. Because he (or she) is white, and 70% or more of the college is white anyway, they have no complaint. If I am supposed to be grouped in with my black brothers and sisters whenever you make a flagrant generalization about my race, I too reserve the right to generalize about yours. And white people single-handedly dominate college campuses. So shut your trap and be glad that white supremacy still stands.
~Thank your lucky stars that Harvard, Yale, or Princeton doesn't decide to go entirely over to merit based admission. The moment the United States decides to suppress race admissions in favor of pure merits, I personally will make a movement to have minority students of excellence enroll in those schools. I will demand that they flood traditionally white Universities with brown faces until white students are the minority of the freshman...sophomore...junior...and someday Senior class. What could they do in a merit based system? They would have to let us in. Eliminate legacy programs, balance the financial aide programs, tame the athletics privileges, and BOOM! Be prepared to lose your much coveted spot to SUPERIOR minority academics.
But that would never happen. I just thought I might suggest the possibility. There's no way I could rally that many black, latino, and asian academics to a single school for four years. But if it were possible, if there was that much unity, I think affirmative action programs would be largely unnecessary. But there's not. And black people need a real reason to come to a school with a hostile racial environment. And yea, from what I hear, Ivy Leagues do not favor middle and lower class black youth. So suck it up white people, in the general sense, it's not so bad.
Oh, and Lino Graglia is a BITCH!!!!
And here's a general list of arguments from his lecture:
1. the only reason for race preference is because blacks underperform
2. the gaps (between the races) are too great to be ignored or overcome
3. the root (of the problem) is poor black academic performance
a. there is a 4 yr gap in reading and math between white and black students
4. the gap IS NOT decreasing--that is "pure fantasy"
5. without "preferences" the number of blacks (at ivy league schools?) would drop below 11%
6. instead of going to schools where they can compete, blacks go to schools where they are academically inferior
7. "Ethnic Studies" (was created) to (try to) prove white racism and conceal inferiority
And here's a link to one of his essays, ***warning, it is not for the egalitarian of heart***:
"The Affirmative Action Fraud"
Monday, October 01, 2007
Quote of the Week:
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
--Stevie Wonder
Book of the Week:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Event of the Week:
"African-American Male/Latino Empowerment Summit" AALO
(How do you do you in Academia Successfully?)
Keynote addresses by Michael Eric Dyson and Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
--Stevie Wonder
Book of the Week:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Event of the Week:
"African-American Male/Latino Empowerment Summit" AALO
(How do you do you in Academia Successfully?)
Keynote addresses by Michael Eric Dyson and Joe Hernandez-Kolski
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