Category: Race & Ethnicity
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3 HASTAC Scholars Interview Dr. Chatelain
Three HASTAC Scholars Interviewed Dr. Chatelain: Mai Ibrahim: Franchise is a very interesting read. What inspired you to write it? I’ve always been fascinated about the way that people involved in nutritional advocacy and food justice have talked about the eating habit of poor people of color. I often find that there is a lot […]
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Chapter 7: The Miracle of the Golden Arches
“What do your research and scholarship—RIGHT NOW—challenge and remake? What do your institutional practices—RIGHT NOW—challenge and remake?” At the October 2019 Conference on Community Writing in Philadelphia, an event that brings together teachers, scholars, artists, activists and community organizers, Carmen Kynard asked the above questions in “All I Need is One Mic”: A Black […]
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Conclusion: Bigger than a Hamburger
Growing up in a rural, predominantly white community, food options, including grocery stores and fast food restaurants were at least a 20-minute drive away. Despite their distance, fast food restaurants still have a prominent place in my childhood and teen memories; albeit, these memories are intertwined with my racial and socioeconomic privilege. In elementary school, […]
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Thinking through a pandemic: reflections & resources from humanities and social sciences
Cihan: On March 10, when the Futures Initiative team was preparing to start working remotely, I started to write a few paragraphs reflecting on the resources I have as a scholar who is interested in our collective human heritage. From my previous, recent experience of collective uncertainty and fear accompanying large-scale political repression, I had […]
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Introduction: From Sit-In to Drive-Thru
In the introduction of Franchise, Marcia Chatelain uses the tagline “From Sit-In to Drive-Thru” to illustrate how fast-food restaurant franchises such as McDonald’s have been central to black capitalism in the United States since the 1960s. Chatelain suggests that black capitalism is “[t]he notion that black liberation can come through black control of the […]
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How to Change Our Classrooms (and Digital Spaces) to Empower Girls: Insights from Dr. Urvashi Sahni
We are excited to share the inspiring words and expertise of Dr. Urvashi Sahni, founder and CEO of the Study Hall Educational Foundation based in Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Sahni’s work centers on classrooms as “radical spaces of possibility” (a phrase she quotes from bell hooks). She weaves in critical and feminist pedagogies to integrate […]
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#RepresentationMatters
Yesterday, I was going through some of my old books and I found a time capsule that I made in 2004! My first grade school picture was in it and it brought back so many memories. I remember bringing my American Girl doll to school on picture day and my peers immediately told my teacher that I brought […]
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Numbered Lives: Kick Off Interview with Jacqueline Wernimont (Nehal El-Hadi and Jon Heggestad)
This post is part of the HASTAC Scholars Collaborative Book Discussion on Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media (MIT Press, 2018), by HASTAC Co-Director Jacqueline Wernimont. — By Nehal El-Hadi & Jon Heggestad To kick off the HASTAC Scholars collaborative book discussion on Professor Jacque Wernimont’s Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum […]
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Discussion of Numbered Lives, Introduction (Jon Heggestad)
This post is part of the HASTAC Scholars Collaborative Book Discussion on Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media (MIT Press, 2018), by HASTAC Co-Director Jacqueline Wernimont. — Introduction In the introduction of Numbered Lives, Jacqueline Wernimont situates her work in a number of disciplinary frameworks, theories, and methods, while simultaneously demonstrating how and […]
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Police and Youth Tension expressed through Media
Police work has become increasingly difficult for officers working in Black communities. As media continues to highlight instances of police abuse that have contributed to the rising tensions and poor relationship between the Black community and local police departments, it is important that we understand and appreciate the dialogue and public understanding of what is […]