Archive for 'racism'
Horror films as a metaphor for gentrification
All of you lit/film criticism junkies out there might enjoy this piece at PopPolitics.
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Posted: October 1st, 2007 under Housing, Uncategorized, criticism, racism.
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Katrina, the myth of the black rapist, and other assorted musings that people won’t want to read
Partly in response to American media coverage of Katrina, partly in response to some comments I’ve seen around, and partly because I’m having one of those days, I’m going to launch into yet another discussion of New Orleans. I’ve been trying not to talk about it because everyone’s already overwhelmed with news coverage, but I [...]
Posted: September 2nd, 2005 under Katrina, poverty, racism.
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Another face of racism
Racism in modern-day Latin America is a topic that has not provoked a lot of discourse, either popular or academic. Changing this situation is one of my goals, since acknowledging that a problem exists is one of the first steps to change. My one piece of creative writing ever focused on tensions between educated mestizo [...]
Posted: April 5th, 2005 under Latin America, indigenous peoples, poverty, racism.
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