… although it makes room for a couple of authors and some films, provided they’re presented in the activist mode (for example, the film series is the “Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Films,” and even an art exhibit must conform; it “features pieces from local collectors of African American art and AfriCobra, a program based in the civil rights movement designed to promote black art“). Here are highlights from the BCC’s new fall season, just announced:
… [Tim] Tyson, author of the summer reading selection, “Blood Done Sign My Name,” … hear from Afro-Peruvian human rights advocates Monica Carillo and Milagritos de la Rosa … Bradley Simmons teaches the art of Afro-Cuban drumming … Bakari Kitwana, the noted social critic and author of “The Hip Hop Generation,” will present and sign his latest release, “Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America.” … a discussion with Dr. Raquel Rivera, a freelance journalist, sociologist and author of “New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone,” an examination of the New York Puerto Rican influence on hip hop culture, and Bakari Kitwana, author, former executive editor of The Source magazine, and a co-founder of the National Hip Hop Political Convention … Lawrence Blum will discuss his book, “I?m not a Racist, but…” … Suheir Hammad, an award-winning performance poet and HBO Def Poetry regular, will be a Stone Center artist-in-residence. The Palestinian-American writer and author of three collections including “Born Palestinian, Born Black,” will visit select classes and student organizations, and conduct readings and writing workshops. … Hammad will sign her new release, “Zaatardiva,” in the Pleasants Family Reading Room in Wilson Library. “Zaatardiva” is a collection of poetry about love, politics and art. … hear from Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, an attorney, activist and the US representative for Peace Brigades International. … Sarah Jones, the multi-talented poet, actress, activist and playwright will perform “A Right to Care,” a one-woman piece commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. … A Black Popular Cultures/Black Popular Struggles symposium will examine the significance and sociopolitical context of Rhythm & Blues and Soul. … a discussion of “Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond,” written by Essie Mae Washington-Williams … Malika Sanders, a human rights activist and the executive director of the 21st Century Youth Movement, will deliver the Twelfth Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture … A Black Popular Cultures/Black Popular Struggles performance will feature the Welfare Poets, a Hip Hop and Spoken Word ensemble.
Just curious: isn’t “wangstas” and “wiggers” the kind of thing when spoken by others on campus that would result in campus conniptions about “hate speech”?
