by lindaoppenheim | Mar 22, 2020 | Article, Website
Following on its 1619 project, the New York Times presents brief commentaries from “prominent black artists on the work that inspires them most. . . .Kerry Washington on Beyoncé, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kendrick Lamar, Oprah Winfrey on Toni Morrison, Issa Rae on...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 3, 2018 | Events, The New Jim Crow
On Thursday, December 6, 2018, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, in 010 East Pyne, Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, in her talk “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 22, 2016 | Review
Manohla Durgis and A. O. Scott review several high-profile features about African-Americans due for release in fall, 2016.