Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, try to decide whether to change the nickname of their high school sports teams: The Redskins. Photo: Emblem in the main foyer at…
More from suburban St. Louis, post-Ferguson, on the popular notion that sports unites communities. Can the camaraderie of a team sport make race and class status “disappear” for the kids involved or their parents? Scene…
Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen investigates in the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies…
😳 A university faculty member both-sides’d anti-black violence. So much for that uniformly lefty, sjw academy.
Earlier today, I sent an email to my department regarding the recent and ongoing anti-Black violence, and how we, as an academic department, should address it.
This is a response I received from a *senior* faculty member.
Thread on journalism -- and teaching -- and our latest. Thank you as always for your attentive ears, Ursula.
I am not objective, neutral, or impartial. I teach *for* racial & social justice. And contrary to the accusations of those who worship at the altar of objectivity, that does NOT mean that I dispense with facts or verifiable information.
I continue to be obsessed with @Deardarkness's book Bunk, which is a beautiful breakdown of the links between white supremacy and "fake news," so relevant today. Hear him talk about the "colonization of doubt" on @SceneOnRadio: https://www.sceneonradio.org/s4-e11-more-truth/
