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Friday, February 22, 2019

Language and Race - Resource List

 

As part of our Symposium Session "Words We Use to Talk About Race," we are collecting a list of resources that have been mention or could further inform our conversation on race and language. To add to this growing and evolving list, email WordsWeUseToTalkAboutRace@gmail.com

From Charmian Wells:

"Diversity is a White Word" 

"Strong and Wrong: On Ignorance and Modes of White Spectatorship in Dance Criticism" 

"Women’s March Roiled by Accusations of Anti-Semitism" 

On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life 

 

From Danielle Iwata:

"The Problem of 'Culturally Specific' Dance: The Search for a Critical Multiculturalism in Dance"

 

From Nadia Khayrallah:

"Middle Eastern" ≠ "Arab" - Why That Matters (and more)"

"UC to include Southwest Asian, North African category on next year’s undergraduate application" (2013) 

"Before Asians Were Called Yellow, They Were Called White"

A Record of Court Cases in The Construction of US "Whiteness"

Are Iranians People of Color? Persian, Muslim, and Model Minority Race Politics


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