Intersection of art and race
News of the Black Rep’s eviction from Grandel Theater traveled fast. The Black Rep has known for months that Grand Center was interested in selling the building, but the actual git-yo-stuff-out-in-two-weeks-or-else notice came as a real shocker. Tenants received the notice by email. As usual, white power brokers missed the opportunity to change the racist […]
President Obama’s last chance?
My Crisis mag just came. It’s good stuff–mainly highlighting 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and other related historic events. Flipping through the pages to prioritize my reading, I spotted an interesting piece by Deborah Douglas. I’ll check it out and get back to you.
How does it feel to be America’s problem?
“How does it feel to be America’s problem?” I thought about that quote from author/playwright/activist Amiri Baraka as I read, heard or saw commentary on the school transfer saga. Baraka’s rhetorical, yet poignant question, suggests that post-slavery, America doesn’t know what to do with its black population. It doesn’t need them, it doesn’t want […]