blackintheafricandiaspora
I’m interested in engaging dialogue about what it means to be black in the U.S. and the world today. I’m also going to be writing about what ‘black’ even means, (?? which black folk, where?) and conversations about global representations – self-representations and imposed representations – about black futures. That’s why I’m blogging publicly – to share my thoughts and to get yours. I’ll be posting ideas and looking forward to feedback. Sometimes I’ll comment on current events, sometimes I’ll be reflecting on a particular place/ time. The image of the steps is meant to inspire thoughts of moving up, moving on, and future possibilities.
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I’m interested in engaging dialogue about what it means to be black in the U.S. and the world today. I’m also going to be writing about what ‘black’ even means, (?? which black folk, where?) and conversations about global representations – self-representations and imposed representations – about black futures. That’s why I’m blogging publicly – to share my thoughts and to get yours. I’ll be posting ideas and looking forward to feedback. Sometimes I’ll comment on current events, sometimes I’ll be reflecting on a particular place/ time. The image of the steps is meant to inspire thoughts of moving up, moving on, and future possibilities.
Healthcare, disbelief and credibility
Have you noticed much attention to a possible correlation between the corporatization of health care in this country and diminishing confidence in the delivery of medical services that we are seeing today? Me either. Yet, the occurrence of one in parallel to the other should not be dismissed. From my own experience, I have seen…
On Joy
What is it about joy? We cannot force it, but we all hope for it. We cannot wish it into existence; sometimes we don’t know what exactly brings it to us. It seems to me, though, that joy is often quietly abiding in community. Having spent the last few days in a fairly rural part…
Creating the Angry Black Woman
It is a sad truth that in the imaginary of some white people in the United States there is a vivid conjectured stereotype of ‘the angry black woman.’ There is first the fact that some whites, and indeed most Americans, know that there are many things that might indeed make black women angry, and with…
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