One Year Later: Black Death and Life in Minnesota
Wonderful/Wretched series.
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onderful/Wretched is a collection of twenty-one essays on the racial dynamics of the Twin Cities written by social scientists with ties to the metro area in response to the killing of George Floyd.
Wonderful/Wretched has since been revised and expanded in a published volume, Sparked’s publication, and in reflection of the year that has passed since last summer’s historic uprising for racial justice,
The Society Pages will repost essays from
Wonderful/Wretched in their original form.
I actually lived in Minnesota twice. Once in the 2009-2010 academic year for a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. And again from 2014 to 2018 as a tenure track assistant professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, where I taught courses in Black Studies. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, I returned home to a region championed for its diverse cities,
One Year Later: Wonderful/Wretched Memories of Racial Dynamics in the Twin Cities, Minnesota
The Society Pages reposts Walt Jacob’s introduction to the
Wonderful/Wretched series.
Wonderful/Wretched is a collection of twenty-one essays on the racial dynamics of the Twin Cities written by social scientists with ties to the metro area.
Wonderful/Wretched has since been revised and expanded in a published volume, Sparked’s publication, and in reflection of the year that has passed since the uprising for racial justice last summer,
The Society Pages will repost essays from
Wonderful/Wretched in their original form
.
We are all shocked and saddened by the tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the past few days. As human beings, many of us are overwhelmed by the complexity of the situation and the intense emotions it has created. As members of an institution that strives for social justice, we feel discouraged and outraged. And, as social scientists, we are wonderi
Dispatches from a Dean
Feminist Reflections
Below is a note I sent to the SJSU College of Social Science on April 22, 2021.
Dear College of Social Sciences (CoSS) family-
We are all shocked and saddened by the tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the past few days. As human beings, many of us are overwhelmed by the complexity of the situation and the intense emotions it has created. As members of an institution that strives for social justice, we may feel discouraged and outraged. And, as social scientists, we are wondering how our disciplines and our knowledge can contribute to solutions.