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By asa92@duke.edu | November 19, 2012

Left of Black S3:E10 | Who is Black in Multiracial America? November 19, 2012 American racial history was long framed by the notion of the “one drop” rule, which within a political economy of race and difference, was a blatant attempt to embolden Whiteness and the privilege that derived from it.  Scholar Yaba Blay offers […]

By asa92@duke.edu | November 13, 2012

Left of Black S3:E9 | Racial Passing and the Rise of Multiracialism November 12, 2012 For many African Americans, the practice of ‘Passing’—where light-skinned Blacks could pass for White—remains a thing connected to a difficult racial past. In her new book, Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor University Press), Marcia […]

By asa92@duke.edu | November 11, 2012

The Legacy of Racial Passing and the Rise of Multiracialism on the November 12thLeft of Black For many African Americans, the practice of ‘Passing’—where light-skinned Blacks could pass for White—remains a thing connected to a difficult racial past. In her new book, Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor University Press), […]

By asa92@duke.edu | November 5, 2012

Left of Black S3:E8 | Recalling the Legacy of Queer Gender-Bending Harlem Renaissance Performer Gladys Bentley November 5, 2012 For many Gladys Bentley is a long forgotten footnote to the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age.  Bentley’s willingness to challenge the racial, sexual and gender status quo of the 20th Century is recalled in the work […]

By asa92@duke.edu | October 29, 2012

Left of Black S3:E7 |  Hip-Hop, Religion & The Black Church October 29, 2012 Left of Black host and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Monica R. Miller, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark College and author of  Religion and Hip-Hop(Routledge, 2012);  Ebony Utley, Associate Professor of […]

By asa92@duke.edu | October 22, 2012

Left of Black S3:E6 | October 22, 2012 Color-Blind Racism in the Obama Era   Left of Black host and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the Left of Black studios by Eduardo Bonilla Silva, Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology Department at Duke University.  Neal and Bonilla-Silva, the author of the […]

By asa92@duke.edu | October 20, 2012

From Lynch-Mobs to Dog-Whistles: Color-Blind Racism in the Obama Era; Sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva on the October 22nd ‘Left of Black’ In an era that some tried to define as “Post-Race,” many commentators have been quick to point out the “dog-whistle” racism that has become a feature of our national politics, particularly in relation to the […]

By asa92@duke.edu | October 15, 2012

Left of Black S3:E5 |  October 15, 2012 Style Shifting with POTUS & Occupying the Music Left of Black host and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Stanford University Professor H. Samy Alim, co-author of, with legendary social linguist Geneva Smitherman, Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language and Race in the […]

By asa92@duke.edu | October 9, 2012

Left of Black S3:E4 | October 8, 2012 ‘Revolutionary’ Black Women & the Musical Life & Death of a Chocolate City Left of Black, host and Duke Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Professor Lakesia D. Johnson, author of  Iconic: Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman (Baylor University Press) and longtime […]

By asa92@duke.edu | October 7, 2012

Decoding the Images of Black Women; and The Musical Life & Death of a Chocolate City on the October 8th Left of Black The election of Barack Obama helped inspire renewed interests in the lives and images of Black women, in no small part, due to the emergence of the First Lady, Michele Obama as […]

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