Diamond Gray and “Stranger in the Village”
I talk with Ms. Gray, an artist and high school teacher, about her Spring art exhibition, and its relation to themes of family, blackness, and artistic intention.
I talk with Ms. Gray, an artist and high school teacher, about her Spring art exhibition, and its relation to themes of family, blackness, and artistic intention.
In this post, I share about several topics that were on my mind during my winter semester of school.
Despite a massive time difference between playwright August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean," and quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protests, both showcase a similar understanding of the relationship between blackness and freedom in America.
"It comes as a great shock around the age of 5, 6, or 7 to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegiance, along with everybody else, has not pledged allegiance to you.” - James Baldwin, 1965.
Harold Jordan, an advocate at the ACLU of Pennsylvania, joined the podcast to talk about punishment in American schools and the school to prison pipeline.
Today, I talk about Serena Williams. How does her identity as a black woman contradict the sport she excels at?
