Informally, Mr. Edwards was recently lavished with another title, “hero,” for helping the residents of Flint, Mich., with an emergency research effort that uncovered high lead levels in the city’s drinking water and discredited state and local officials who had told them the water was safe.
Why do we dance? African-American social dances started as a way for enslaved Africans to keep cultural traditions alive and retain a sense of inner freedom. They remain an affirmation of identity and independence. In this electric demonstration, packed with live performances, choreographer, educator and TED Fellow Camille A. Brown explores what happens when communities let loose and express themselves by dancing together.
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.
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
