The U of A recently hosted more than 30 international scholars for a symposium to discussed how early modern Black Spaniards conceptualized Africa and Africanness in their archival footprint.
The week ahead promised at least some familiarity. There will be evenings of Halloween candy feasts, the annual rivalry game between Lewiston and Auburn’s high school football teams, a pair of political forums about the upcoming election.
Interracial buddy films like 48 Hrs. or Men in Black tell us that eradicating evil, including racism, is as "simple as black and white men becoming friends,” says Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies. That’s not only simplistic but “a lie.” Here's why.
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