The Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour made a stop at the Oberlin Underground Railroad Center May 4. The event was a collaboration between the Ohio Poetry Association, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA, The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society and the city of Oberlin.The Oberlin event was the fourth stop in an 11-stop […]
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Black Writers and Poets Are Upending Stereotypes About Appalachia
Kentucky poet Frank X Walker in 2013. Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” to upend assumptions about who is part of Appalachia.
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Affrilachian artistry and identity allows Appalachia to be fully seen as the diverse and culturally rich region that it is.
Open a dictionary and you’ll see “Appalachian” described as a “native or inhabitant of Appalachia, especially one of predominantly Scotch-Irish, English, or German ancestry.”
Read J.D. Vance’s
Hillbilly Elegy and you’ll enter a world that’s White, poor, and uncultured, with few, if any, people of color.