Culture
New dynamic anthology, “Talking Back : Voices of Color”, features writers of color speaking out on issues affecting its communities
A new anthology, Talking Back: Voices of Color presents an unusually diverse group of writers speaking out on issues affecting communities of color
A new anthology, Talking Back: Voices of Color (Red Letter Press, 2015), presents an unusually diverse group of writers speaking out on issues affecting communities of color.
Talking Back : Voices of Color
Contributors share tales of survival, explore little-known history, and offer insightful cultural reviews.
Nellie Wong, a widely published Bay Area poet and social justice activist, is the book’s editor and author of the introduction, a striking meditation on the importance of “talking back” in asserting identity and power on an individual and collective level.
Like Wong, The book’s contributors are involved in community organizing. Based in a number of locations, their identities include Black, Latino, Asian/Pacific American, indigenous North American and Aboriginal Australian, Palestinian, immigrant, feminist, youth, elder, LGBTQ, students, unionists, former prisoners, and more.
Their aim is to communicate and mobilize. Speaking from and to the grassroots, their offerings are readable, persuasive, free from academic jargon, and rich with personal experience.
Black readers will find themselves represented in a number of articles. Duciana Thomas recounts her participation in the fight to preserve working-class education.
School teacher Lillian Thompson shows how charter schools perpetuate inequality. Mark Cook, a political prisoner for 24 years, describes the slave-labor conditions in U.S. prisons. Black Panther leader Eddie Conway speaks out in a prison interview.
John Hatchett tells how he, as a faculty advisor, helped female students at Bennett College plan the historic Greensboro sit-ins. Sarah Scott reviews the novel “We Need New Names,” dealing with the experience of African immigrants.
Ralph Poynter describes how his wife, attorney Lynne Stewart, became a political prisoner and calls for the release of all political prisoners.
Nellie Wong pays tribute to radical Black, gay poet Langston Hughes. Norma Abdulah, a 90-something radical Black activist and Harlem resident, tells her story.
Other highlights include: Nancy Reiko Kato’s discussion of the contributions of women of color to the movement for reproductive rights; aboriginal leader Lex Wotton’s discussion of racism and police violence in Australia; Palestinian exile Farouk Abdel-Muhti’s harrowing description of being held in U.S. prisons without charges for nearly two years following 9/11; Miriam Padilla’s account of her evolution from an impoverished “graffiti girl” to single mother, college student and political organizer.
Testimonials
African American scholar, unionist, and former civil rights organizer James Wright calls the book “a treasure” by a “rainbow of radical authors.”
Alice Goff, a Black immigrant labor leader and community activist, predicts that even readers who don’t share the opinions of the authors may “come away with a different perspective and possibly be moved to question the status quo.”
Another reviewer, Arab American artist and writer Happy Hyder, says the book’s “fearless and varied voices” reveal “the true meaning of political action.”
Sociologist Dr. Jesse Díaz, Jr. says the book will lead to increased understanding of the activist of color’s “toils for equality and justice.”
Karin Aguilar-San Juan, an associate professor and Filipina American lesbian, describes the writings as resonant with “pain and rage… light and power and hope.”
Well-attended book launches for Talking Back: Voices of Color were held during the first weeks of May in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Melbourne, Australia.
Talking Back: Voices of Color is available from RedLetterPress.org, Amazon.com, Powells.com, Google Books, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers in both paperback and ebook editions.
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Black Excellence
Inside the 17th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood® Awards
Hosted by Clifford “Method Man” Smith, the star studded event premiered March 15, exclusively on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
Get a look inside the 17th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards.
Hosted by Clifford “Method Man” Smith, the star studded event premiered March 15, exclusively on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
About ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards
The ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood honors women who are making their undeniable mark in film and television and amplifies their strides in defining what it means to be a Black woman in Hollywood.
Honorees
This year’s honorees and entertainment industry trailblazers include Academy Award nominated actress & Grammy Award winner, Danielle Brooks, six-time Grammy nominated singer and leading-actress Halle Bailey, acclaimed screenwriter and showrunner of All American, All American: Homecoming and Found, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and industry powerhouse & President of Original Programming for STARZ, Kathryn Busby.
Check out some photo highlights inside the 17th ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards
For more, please visit http://www.essence.com/bwih2024
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Culture
U.S. Virgin Islands Announces the Performance Line-up for St. Thomas Carnival Village Featuring Shaggy, Sizzla, Patrice Roberts, and Machel Montano
The Village will be headlined by Caribbean superstars Shaggy, Patrice Roberts, Sizzla Kalonji, Kes, and Machel Montano, who will kick off the six-night free Village concerts on Monday, April 29.
The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism and Division of Festivals has announced the performance line-up for the 72nd Annual St. Thomas Carnival Village.
72nd Annual St. Thomas Carnival Village
The Village will be headlined by Caribbean superstars Shaggy, Patrice Roberts, Sizzla Kalonji, Kes, and Machel Montano, who will kick off the six-night free Village concerts on Monday, April 29.
“The anticipation around this year’s St. Thomas Carnival is at an all-time high, and the Village night performers reflect the continued influence and growth of our territory’s three carnivals,” exclaims USVI Department of Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte.
Center Stage
Adam O, Rudy Live, Temisha, Karnage, Blind Earz, VIO International, and Spectrum Band are among the performers who will take center stage to represent the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“Every year, our goal is to pay homage to the vast Virgin Islands and Caribbean culture that is at the cornerstone of these annual celebrations for natives and visitors alike,” added USVI Division of Festivals Director Ian Turnbull.
Haitian kompa band VAYB and Dominican salsa orchestra Chiquito Team Band will provide a cross-cultural immersion of sound, highlighting the diverse musical interests of Virgin Islands residents.
First-time performers
Rounding out the village are a few first-time performers in the territory, including TeeJay, Jada Kingdom, and Kollision Band, and returning favorites Edwin Yearwood and Krosfyah, and Grandmasters.
Kids Night Out Village Night
This year, the Division of Festivals will host its first Kids Night Out Village Night, with activities including the Toddlers Derby, Best Dressed Doll, and performances by TMK and OTB.
More information on 72nd Annual St. Thomas Carnival Village
For up-to-date information about the 72nd Annual St. Thomas Carnival, visit https://www.instagram.com/usvifestivals/.
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Culture
Online romances get a dose of reality in OWN’S all-new love & relationship series ‘The Never Ever Mets’
Hosted by Ta’Rhonda Jones, this 10-episode series features seven couples who have been virtually dating for some time and believe they may have found lasting love – only they have never met each other in person.
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has announced an all-new relationship series that takes online dating into the real world, The Never Ever Mets.
About The Never Ever Mets Series
Hosted by Ta’Rhonda Jones, this 10-episode series features seven couples who have been virtually dating for some time and believe they may have found lasting love – only they have never met each other in person! Now, they’re meeting face-to-face for the very first time and sharing a house together for three weeks to see if their internet love can survive off the screen and in real life.
Synopsis
As all seven couples convene under the same roof, dating in person rather than through their computers or phones quickly proves to be the biggest challenge yet.
While many couples have been years in the making, some quickly find the in-person relationship is not what they anticipated.
To test the strength of their love connections, the group participates in a series of fun and flirty relationship activities, couples therapy and for some, a trip to the “boom boom room.” But visits from discerning loved ones, meddling opinions and tension from others in the house challenge their bonds even further. At the end of their stay, some will go home together…and some will be signing off for good.
Premiere
The series premieres on Friday, April 19 at 8pm ET/PT, on the OWN Network.
Check out the trailer below:
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