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The Root: New Online Magazine w/ Black Perspective
Posted: January 28, 2008, 10:33 pm by Beve
The Root is a new e-zine from the Washington Post. So far, I like what I see, here's a story or Black Immigrants in the US and their voice in the Presidential Race:
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Zanzibar Film Festival (2007)
Posted: January 28, 2008, 8:56 pm by Beve
Here is a great clip about the renowned film festival. I'm going one day! Check out the link to ZIFF on the left hand side column, under "Film".
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ABC: American Born Chinese
Posted: January 28, 2008, 9:51 am by Beve
I saw this on NPR and thought it had a very powerful visual message. Its a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, called American Born Chinese and it recently won the National Book Award. Its a powerful journey through the life of a second generation immigrant Chinese boy in his predominately white suburban upbringing. I think the issues raised here are perhaps quite similar to that of many first and second generation African immigrants. It reminds me of my own experience in school in England where I was the only black girl in my class, until an African boy from Angola joined the class. And if you listen to Mr. Yang's story, I had almost the exact same experience where I was sort of expected to befriend the boy but I couldn't understand what he was saying most of the time. But now, in hindsight, I wish I would have made more of an effort.
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