by kspence | Jan 14, 2014 | Black Family, Education, Neoliberalism
A video of a toddler cursing out his relatives has made the rounds over the past few weeks, generating a moral panic that found the toddler (briefly) separated from his mother. The video, first posted by the toddler’s uncle but then REposted by the Omaha Police...
by kspence | Jan 6, 2014 | Black Family, Media Appearances, NPR
I’ve been doing less work on Tell Me More’s The Barbershop and much more work on their parenting roundtable over the last half of 2013. I was asked to participate in an end of the year discussion about hits and misses, what i was least and most proud of...
by kspence | Jan 3, 2014 | Culture, Detroit, Imaging the City, Pop Culture, Urban Politics
Been pouring over Richard Iton’s work over the break and into the year not only for the upcoming Souls issue but also for a few projects I’m working on in 2014. I’m particularly interested in the role geography plays in black cultural production. In...
by kspence | Jan 1, 2014 | Announcements, Black Popular Culture, Culture
[mixcloud]https://x.mixcloud.com/lesterspence/in-search-of-iton-remix/[/mixcloud] On Thursday, April 21, 2013, Richard Iton, Professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University, passed away after a long bout with leukemia. In honor of his work,...
by kspence | Nov 12, 2013 | Education, Neoliberalism |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unbowed/10819896453/ I’ve been on the road a lot–two weeks ago I was in Boston, last week I was in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the next week I’ll be in Detroit and DC. I haven’t gotten much writing done over this time,...
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