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Wakanda and Black Feminist Political Imagination
By Samantha Pinto March 24, 2018 *This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason, examines the Black Panther and the narrative world linked to the character in comics, animation, and film. In 1902, Pauline Hopkins imagined the fictional discovery of Telassar, a hidden Ethiopian kingdom that…
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Black Panther: A Call to Ethiopia
By Rachel Gillett May 5, 2018 *This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason, examines the Black Panther and the narrative world linked to the character in comics, animation, and film. The plot of the Black Panther film is driven by an ideological clash between T’Challa,…
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Black History, Sequential Art, and the Power of Representation
By John Craig May 26, 2018 *This post is part of our blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason, examines the Black Panther and the narrative world linked to the character in comics, animation, and film. Adequate—and accurate—representation of one’s culture is critical to any racial group’s collective self-esteem. Because…
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Black Panther and the Politics of Black Heroism
By Sheena Howard March 10, 2018 *This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason, examines the Black Panther and the narrative world linked to the character in comics, animation, and film. Black heroism is political. For African Americans, universal heroes who fundamentally changed the…
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The Rise of Green Spaces in Inner Cities
By C.N.E. Corbin November 29, 2017 This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The double entendre “dark city” has often conveyed and conceptualized both the blighted landscape and the racial populations of cities, and more specifically inner cities. Although historically represented as impoverished, racialized, high crime urbanities, inner cities are transitioning into…
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A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States
By Kasturi “Rumu” DasGupta November 30, 2017 This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in early September (2017) that the median household income in the United States, in 2016, had gone up 3.2 percentage points since the year before, and had reached its highest ever level of $59,039. The…
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Experiences of counselor students of color in the classroom:
A qualitative study Tina R. Paone, Krista M. Malott, Nicole Pulliam & Jordan Shannon Abstract: This study explored the experiences of counselor students of color in two multicultural courses in a master-level counseling program. Participants revealed their feelings surrounding a need to assume a ‘teaching role’ with their White counterparts, to challenge racist and stereotypical viewpoints. Positive…
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A Sustainable Teacher Residency:
Designing Paid Internships for Teacher Education John E. Henning Monmouth University Bernard F. Bragen, Jr. Monmouth University Tracey Mulvaney Monmouth University William O. George, III Middletown Township Public School Abstract: The purpose of this case study research is to describe how one teacher preparation program constructed a pilot program to compensate teacher candidates for their…
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How Gentrification and Displacement Are Remaking Boston
How Gentrification and Displacement Are Remaking Boston By Zebulon Miletsky and Tomas Gonzalez November 28, 2017 Comments Off This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. “Roxbury Love” mural on Warren Street, Boston. (Photo: Joe Difazio for WBUR) Ask anyone in Boston, “what’s going on in Roxbury?” and the word you’re most…
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Impact of Student Loans on Black Wealth
The Impact of Student Loans on Black Wealth By Devin Fergus December 1, 2017 This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. President Barack Obama jokes with participants in the Roosevelt Room of the White House before making a statement on student loans in the Rose Garden in 2013. (Credit: Pete Souza, Wikimedia Commons)…