Month: September 2016
#whitepeople an MTV Documentary
What does it mean to be white? MTV’s ‘White People’ is a groundbreaking documentary on race that aims to answer that question from the viewpoint of young white people living in America today. The film follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker, Jose Antonio Vargas, as he travels across the country to get this complicated conversation started. ‘White People’ asks what’s fair when it comes to affirmative action, if colorblindness is a good thing, what privilege really means, and what it’s like to become the “white minority” in your neighborhood. For more information on ‘White People,’ and to join the conversation, head to race.lookdifferent.org.
An Open Letter of Love to Black Students…
December 8, 2014 blackspaceblog.com published and article to Black students on behalf of Black professors. Over the course of time they gathered 1343 names of professors standing in solidarity. With each passing day we’re reminded that our recent past lives on in our present moments. Take a moment to read or re-read the sentiments of … Read more