In addition to it’s lyrical genius, Kendrick Lamar’s live performance of “The Blacker the Berry” at the 2016 Grammy’s also tells a very impactful story. With his background dancers taking the stage bonded together in a chain gang, and his band behind literal bars, Lamar made the direction of his performance very clear. Lamar and the eventually…[Read more]

Pat Brown, a white woman in Maryland, recently uploaded an advertisement on a meetup site to gauge interest in a  white women’s yoga group so as to “…allow space for White women to gather in the name of yoga, surrounded by the supportive community of White people, White yoga instructors, and all around safe White spaces.” This idea is blatantly…[Read more]

This cartoon encompasses a few of the themes from the past few weeks. Shooting Smokey the Bear because he “looked threatening from a distance” is a nod to the all too common excuse that white people use to justify shooting Black people simply for existing. In the context of the national park, which was once native land, it is also interesting to…[Read more]

This poster board presentation was put together by Philadelphia high school student Ma’Kayoah Goodwire-Thomas and her classmate to be showcased the Student-Led Mass Incarceration Symposium at the school district’s headquarters. The District Attorney, who made himself available to answer questions from students, noted that the students know and…[Read more]

The photo I chose this week depicts the U.S. Secretary of Education, Betty DeVos, greeting mostly black parents and children at a rally for the promotion of school choice programs in January of 2017. Currently being championed by the Republican party, the current school choice program is rooted in racist and segregationist ideals. One of the most…[Read more]

As we have discussed in class, the Great Migration, white flight, and restrictive housing policies have created an unbreakable cycle of segregation and disenfranchisement for communities of color. For decades, Bedford-Stuyvesant, more commonly know as Bed-Stuy, has a been an epicenter for New York City’s Black communities.Black parents and…[Read more]

As we have discussed in class, the Great Migration, white flight, and restrictive housing policies have created an unbreakable cycle of segregation and disenfranchisement for communities of color. For decades, Bedford-Stuyvesant, more commonly know as Bed-Stuy, has a been an epicenter for New York City’s Black communities.Black parents and…[Read more]

This image directly aligns with the topics we have been discussing in class this week, specifically the effects on the Great Migration on segregation patterns in the Midwest. Governing, a D.C-based print and online publication focusing on state and local government news, recently published the results of a longitudinal study regarding the…[Read more]

This image theorizes race and space in the modern context by providing a stark example of the sustained racism in the educational system. After receiving a less-than-desired score on her SAT, Kamilah Campbell made the effort to improve her score through seven months independent and in-person study. As a result of her effort, she raised her score…[Read more]