http://bad.eserver.org Bad Subjects takes on the lasting impacts of race and culture in the US. daily 1 2006-07-12T19:33:18Z http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/File.2006-03-07.5540346585 No publisher sschaffer 2006-03-07T12:16+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/Race%20and%20Culture%20CFP2.doc In 1978 William Julius Wilson declared the “declining significance of race” in his analysis of persistent inner-city poverty. At about the same time many U.S. residents began questioning the morality of programs such as affirmative action and denying the persistence of racism. Culture wars raged over language (English only and official English laws, Ebonics), population growth (immigration), education (bilingual ed, school funding, school choice), youth culture (especially rap music) and other cultural hot button issues. While much of the United States waged the culture wars on behalf of the status quo and encouraged the legislative rollback of the minor gains of the Civil Rights movements, prisons became the option of choice to deal with poor Black and Brown communities, a new era of xenophobic immigrant-baiting developed, drugs inundated communities of color, and poverty grew among Black and Latina/o people. It seems that instead of the declining significance of race we have seen, as Cornel West suggests, that “race matters” perhaps more than ever. We want to examine the changing significance of race and the contemporary complexities of race. We seek to discuss how recent cultural, economic, and international events have changed the salience of race to all us. We are asking for submissions to the “Race and Culture” issue of Bad Subjects that examine new areas of race, ethnicity and culture. We are seeking essays that address issues such as biraciality, interracial cultural exchange and alliances, continued racial inequality, social movements related to issues of race/ethnicity, whiteness, intersections of race, class and gender, interracial communication, the impact of people of color on U.S. culture, economics and politics, newly racialized groups (Arabs, Muslims, for example), and the persistence of new and old forms of racism. As always, we are particularly interested in the political dimensions of race and culture, and we are dedicated to publishing accessible prose for a large, nonspecialist audience. For examples of the kind of writing we publish, please visit the Bad Subjects website at http://bad.eserver.org. Please send manuscripts to issue co-editor, Pancho McFarland, at panchomac87@hotmail.com before the April 30, 2006 submission deadline. No publisher sschaffer 2006-03-07T12:18+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/accordions.jpg No publisher sschaffer 2006-05-09T15:13+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/solidarnosc.jpg No publisher sschaffer 2006-05-09T15:14+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/bikesnotbombs.html No publisher sschaffer 2006-07-07T15:13+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/bikesnotbombs2.html No publisher sschaffer 2006-07-07T15:16+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/graphics No publisher sschaffer 2006-08-07T12:24+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/intro.html Fifty years after the advent of the Civil Rights movement, issues of race and culture continue to shape the American experience. No publisher sschaffer Ethnicity Identity Race 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/polonia.html Growing up, I accepted somewhat grudgingly the Polish-American side of my family. Twenty-five years ago, radical developments in Poland and among Polish-Americans in Detroit stirred my interest and heart. Moving to a heavily Polish area of mid-Michigan in 2000 stimulated further re-examination. I even came to terms with the old TV bandleader, who helped to unpack the Polish side of me. No publisher sschaffer Mike Mosher 2006. Graphics: Solidarity Mural, San Francisco 1982. Ad from 1960s Popular Science magazine Identity Music Polish-Americans 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/bicyclesandrace.html Transportation is a realm that is directly connected to issues of race and class. The ability to have access to, or choices about, transportation are dependent upon one’s economic situation and, often, these economic factors are closely tied to issues of race. African-American urban communities, for example, are some of the poorest, most poverty stricken communities in the United States. While certain transportation options exist for people in poor and/or minority neighborhoods, a lack of access to transportation resources are not unlike the disproportionate lack of access that African-Americans and Latinos have to other basic, daily goods and services. No publisher sschaffer Ethnicity Race Social Class Sports Bicycling 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/raceandbeauty.html From television shows to tabloids, the standard of beauty has changed in recent years. Today, young girls and women of color can see beautiful women of the same skin tone in movies, magazines and television. They no longer have to aspire to acheive the beauty norm of White women. They now seek to look like the extremely beautiful black, brown, and Asian women they sometimes see on tv. Is this any better? No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Carrie Smith Ethnicity Gender Race Beauty 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/wheredoesonebegin.html Where does one begin an honest conversation about race these days? How does one begin a critical conversation about race and racism in a United States society that seemingly refuses to acknowledge that racism is still a widespread problem? No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Robert Soza. Graphic by Thomas Nast (1870s) Ethnicity Race 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/pimprevisited.html I am bothered that the term pimp has crept into our common vernacular as a seemingly benign adjective that refers to a keen sense of style or one’s ability to attract and exploit women. It seems we have collectively forgotten that pimps are involved in the commodification of women, and the dark underbelly of this commodification which is physical abuse, drug addiction, sexually transmitted disease, pregnancy, rape, and violence. How has Hollywood helped glamorize this oppressive figure? No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Nathan Garrelts Crime Gender Human Rights Sexuality Violence Women Work Prostitution 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/gaysofcolor.html Shared experiences of oppression rarely lead to sympathy for others who are also marginalized, traumatized, and minimized by the dominant society. Rather, all too miserably, those who should naturally join in fighting discrimination find it more comforting to join their oppressors in oppressing others. As a gay man of color, I see this on a routine basis – whether it be racism in the gay community or homophobia in communities of color. No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Chong-suk Han. Drawing © Mike Mosher 2004 Ethnicity Gender Race Sexuality 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/haole.html In Hawai'i white people are coded haole and the term can be applied as a simple descriptive label as well as with pejorative force in more tense contexts. In today's Hawai'i what does it mean to be white and British? What does it mean to be haole? No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Lucy Pickering Colonization Ethnicity Geography Race 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/eslinstructors.html ESL instructors are caught in the middle of a cultural shift, and can help shape the outcome of that shift. This essay examines how ESL instructors can become agents of change in the United States. No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Tamara Watkins. Graphic from Berlitz School, 1960s Education Geography Language 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/readingcrash.html Crash is one of those movies that inhabits you for days after viewing. The movie wouldn’t let go of Janice Wolff, wouldn’t stop playing in her mind. So she figured out how to use it in the classroom. No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Janice M. Wolff Crime Film Race 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/timelessviolence.html A recent incident of racial violence triggers an analysis of contemporary violent racism. The author asks: Is racist violence timeless? Is racist violence a thing of the past? In what ways does racist violence continually remind people of color that the 'old' racisms still exist? How do racist incidents affect the historic and lived memories of people of color. No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Arturo J. Aldama Race Violence 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/octaviabutler.html The recent death of renowned novelist Octavia Butler causes the author to reflect on the importance of Octavia Butler's work to the continuing evolution of post-civil rights thought concerning justice, race, equality, gender and politics. Butler's prophetic voice is compared to Dr. King and provides a new way to think about King's vision which has too often been misused by liberals and conservatives alike. No publisher sschaffer 2006 by Beauty Bragg. Drawing © Mike Mosher 2006 Authors Civil Rights Ethnicity Fiction Race Women Writing 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/missingstereotypes.html In 2005 the Board of Directors of the Quinlan Museum in Duluth, Georgia refused to allow artists Richard Lou and Bill Fisher to install their work. After commissioning the piece the museum board decided to censor the piece when they realized the important statement that Fisher and Lou were making concerning race and gender in our society. Below are pieces that Fisher and Lou made to protest their censorship including three press releases describing their positions. No publisher sschaffer Art Race 2006-01-28T18:59+00:00 http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2006/76/racesigns.png No publisher geoff 2006-10-29T21:43+00:00