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“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy

November 5, 2020October 31, 2020 Amelia Moore #BlackEcologies, African Diaspora, Black women, Caribbean, class, colonialism, Gender, literature, race, racism, tourism

*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years

The Historical Significance of Black Queer Films

October 28, 2020November 9, 2020 Emerald Rutledge LGBT

Editor’s note: In honor of LGBTQ History Month, this week we’re revisiting pieces published on Black queer history, thought, and/or

Visualizing the End of Human Captivity

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Felicia Denaud art, book review, carceral state, police violence, prisons, race, violence

What happens to contemporary art when we foreground conditions in which expressive autonomy incites repression, surveillance, and severe punishment? What

Dealing with Mental Health Stigma during a Global Pandemic

October 21, 2020October 18, 2020 Areeba Zanub #Autoethnographies, #MentalHealth, class, COVID-19, Immigration, New York, pandemic, poetry, race

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

On the Edge: Living with Unemployment during a Pandemic

October 20, 2020October 17, 2020 Jamila Jahangir #Autoethnographies, class, COVID-19, immigrant, pandemic

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read