May 30 is International Military Rape Awareness Day! Read the post from WoC PhD and its links! Also at WoC PhD, do not miss these important interviews of Jeremy Scahill. Finally, I have fallen off lately in my New Year’s Resolution to see more films, I would like to see Standard Operating Procedure. Update: WoC … More Military Rape Awareness Day
http://pol.moveon.org/mccain10/ 10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t): John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1 According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on … More John McCain Fact Sheet
I am arguing endlessly with my youngest brother on the topic of race and I want to give up. I want to say: Dear C., While I know you are a mixed Creole, and I know you want everyone to recognize you as such, I also know that where you are living, most people do … More Merrily Going ‘Round
Clinton has, to be sure, faced a raw misogyny that has been more out in the open than the racial attacks on Obama have been. But while sexism may be more casually accepted, racism, which is often coded, is more insidious and trickier to confront. Clinton’s response to “Iron my shirt” was immediate and straightforward: … More Invisible Racism
The concept of citizenship is apparently difficult. Many people do not know what it is. They are nationalistic and they want immigrants, for instance, “to know our language and our culture, to understand our form of government and our laws.” Yet they tend not to believe in the rights of “man” and citizen. Daniel Brook’s … More The Idea of Citizenship
As we know, I aspire to work at a learned profession, in a professional atmosphere, as part of a smart and energetic team, and to have a certain degree of autonomy. That is not at all an accurate description of the academic jobs I have had, and I am pointing this out since there may … More I Might Really Become an Investigative Journalist!
“Now I am working as a server at that new fine dining restaurant in the country. I can tell it is a strange little town. Everyone working in the kitchen is Black and they never speak first. If they have something they want to say to you or ask you, they stand near you until … More Overheard at the Pool
Please see Patricia J. Williams on the DOE report, “A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education.” Here is an excerpt from the article, with a key quotation from the report: “Student achievement, which is inextricably connected to institutional success, must be measured by institutions on a ‘value-added’ basis that takes into … More On Academic Freedom and the Spellings Report
¡Es posible! My youngest brother – on the left, in the striped shirt and the glasses – and some friends from here went to San Francisco! Here they are in the airport. I always try to teach my students that it is possible to do things. I was tagged for this teaching meme by Lumpenprofessoriat … More Meme: Passion Quilt
I had been meaning to post about HB 199. Then this e-mail was forwarded to me, so am posting a version of it. A colleague comments that student opposition to this bill is very strong, and that this point may help convince legislators to oppose the measure. House Bill 199 of the current legislative session … More Louisiana HB 199
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