03 Jan Owning My Masters: An Artist’s Introduction
JCRT 16.1 Winter 2016-17 Special Issue Editors: Sergio Figueiredo, Victor Taylor...
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17 Sep On Not Talking To ‘But’ People [from Queen Mob’s Tea House]
The new school year has started at Clemson. While everybody is eagerly sharing stories of adventures undertaken over summer, I’m dreading every single conversation before it starts. I’m identifying imaginary idiomatic exit ramps, so I’m not trapped in the ever-familiar position of arguing that the...
17 Sep It’s Not My Job To Absolve White Friends Of Racism, But It Can Seem That Way [from The Guardian]
It starts like this: in a conversation, in an email, in a private Facebook message or tagged in a Facebook thread, a white friend or acquaintance lays out a scenario for me, seeking a supposedly neutral party’s opinion. The person explains what they innocently said,...
17 Sep Does Missouri President Ouster Offer Lessons To Universities Grappling With A Racist Past? [from The Conversation]
In the wake of the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe, much is being written about the power of collective action among student groups to affect positive change on their campuses. The Black Lives Matter movement has demonstrated the same. Young people are...
17 Sep My South Carolina University Is Whitewashing Its Complex Racial History [from The Guardian]
“Blacks must remain subordinate or be exterminated – Tillman,” read one of the pieces of graffiti spray-painted on Old Main Hall this week at Clemson University, where I’m a graduate student. It’s a quote from a former South Carolina governor, the white supremacist and terrorist...