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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Context, Black History, and Asking the Right Questions (#Twittergate, #ASALH, #TransformDH)
Left of Black S3:E3 | October 1, 2012 Where Are the Discussions About Poverty and Youth Violence in the 2012 Presidential Race? Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype journalists Rahiel Tesfamariam and Mychal Denzel Smith in a discussion of youth violence and poverty in the United […]
Poverty, Youth Violence and the Anniversary of The Occupy Movement on October 1st Left of Black As the 2012 Presidential Election season went into high gear, several issues, notably the poverty rate in the United States and the apparent rise of youth violence in American cities like Chicago, were nowhere to be found on the […]
Left of Black S3:E2 | September 24, 2012 The Imagery of African American Identity and Raising Black Daughters in the Obama Era Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the Left of Black Studios by Maurice O. Wallace, Associate Professor of English and African-American Studies at Duke University. Neal and Wallace […]
Pictures, Progress and Raising Black Daughters in the Obama Era on the September 24th Left of Black One of the most endearing images from the recent Democratic National Convention was the photo of President Barack Obama and his daughters Sasha and Malia, as they sat on a couch watching the First Lady, Michelle Obama, deliver […]
Left of Black S3:E1 | September 17, 2012 Race and the Digital Humanities Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Howard Rambsy II, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature and Director of the Black Studies Program at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and Jessica Marie Johnson, a Post-Doctoral […]