From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Tag Archives: Black History Month
Branding the Black Woman
Throughout the Black History Month series, I have reviewed historical figures, events of importance, as well as pieces of culture that are distinctly African-American. As the series continues, I plan to uncover the perception of black women in the United States as shown in advertisements, movies, and media etc…Today, I will specifically discuss the vision [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Gender & Feminism Also tagged Aunt Jemima, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, Mammies, Patricia Turner, post Civil War, World's Fair 16 Comments
Caging the Khosian Woman
Welcome back to the freak show! Today you’ll be delighted to see the unusually large rear, bosom and other “secret splendors” of the Hottentot Venus! For the past few days of Black History Month, I have reviewed movements in science that endeavored to “prove” that blacks were inferior to all other races and were in fact a [...]
I don’t date outside my species!
Yesterday’s article in the Black History Month series discussed the caging of the Mbuti Congolese man named Ota Benga. Today, I will discuss how the zeitgeist, or intellectual feel of the times, may have played a role in this atrocity against humanity. Often times, when one thinks of racism and inequality, a vision of “rednecks” [...]
Caging the Monkey Man
Welcome to the Freak Show! Come one, come all see the man 8 inches and four feet tall! I imagine that the propaganda used to advertise the caged Ota Benga was similar to the text above. Ota Benga was a pygmy from the Mbuti tribe of Congo that was put on display in the 1904 St. [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Literature, Media & Entertainment Also tagged Bronx Zoo, eugenics, Harlem Renaissance, Mbuti, Natural History Museum, Ota Benga, pygmies, Samuel Verner, scientific racism 2 Comments
Too black to be white, too white to be black
As I continue to investigate the culture and history of blacks, today I will look at the existing division within the black community based on skin tone. It’s a touchy topic and hence its need for discussion. The word “black” isn’t an accurate word to describe Afro-Americans in the U.S. There is a fusion of [...]
Posted in Culture & History Also tagged 2012, assimilation, biracial, Good Hair, internalized racism, multiracial, passing, socialization, Willie Lynch 10 Comments
Where’s My Forty Acres and a Mule?
History instructors will teach their students that the Civil War was fought to end slavery. They will continue to teach that black slaves were freed by Abraham Lincolns’ signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. These students will believe it. They will think that blacks were freed in 1862 and have had 145 years to become [...]
Colored People’s Time
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, the mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and acclaimed teacher, activist and preacher of the the 20th century, had a few things to say about time. Dr. Benjamin E. Mays appreciated the importance of using one’s time productively. If he were alive today, I’m sure that Dr. Mays would outwardly [...]
Posted in Culture & History Also tagged Colored People's Time, destiny, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Elizabeth Bishop, Leslie Lee, punctuality 7 Comments
Black and Gay? No Way!
Homosexuality touches the ultimate soft spot within the black community. Homophobia causes division, exclusion, and hatred. Homosexuality in and of itself has been the source of great misunderstanding and persecution in mainstream society. Because I am writing a series for Black History Month, I will look at homosexuality specifically in the black community. I will [...]
Posted in Culture & History, LGBT Also tagged Bayard Rustin, black male homosexuality, down low, homo thug, homosexuality, MSM, undercover brother, white supremacy 16 Comments
So soulful
Whenever African-American people or things are referred to, they are often prefaced with the adjective “soul”. African-Americans eat “soul food” and their songs are “soulful”. If a non African-American acquires characteristics of this nebulous idea of “soul”, it might be said that: “S/he got some soul!” What is soul, and what is it to be [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Literature, Media & Entertainment Also tagged arts, Black authors, Black literature, Kim Mclarin, Kristin Hunter Lattany, negro spirituals, Soul City, Toure 3 Comments
And then there was hip hop
We’re traversing the unconventional and non-chronological road of black arts and culture as we move to the exploration of Hip Hop during this Black History Month Series. Hip hop is a genre of music that has given voice to the African-American and Caribbean lyricists of this country and beyond. More than just music, hip hop is a lifestyle, [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Literature, Media & Entertainment Also tagged break dancing, Bronx, graffiti, hip-hop, NY, Public Enemy, rap 2 Comments
Justin Bua and New Urban Realism
One of the most telling parts of a group of people is the work of their artisans, musicians, and craftsman. For African-American urban art, Justin Bua has been the father of “New Urban Realism”. Bua was born in 1968 and is a New York City native with a mix of the Upper West Side and [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Literature, Media & Entertainment Also tagged art, culture, hip-hop, Justin Bua, New Urban Realism, New York City 1 Comment
Yes You’re a Woman…Just a Different Kind
Feminism is the social movement geared towards the social, economical, political protection and advancement of women. The first wave began in the nineteenth and twentieth century and two waves have since followed. Feminism is the blanket cause that unifies the female population together with one voice and speaks powerfully on their behalf. The spectrum of [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Gender & Feminism, LGBT Also tagged Alice Walker, black men, black women, Feminism, homosexuality, lesbian, Sojourner Truth, womanism 8 Comments
Trippin’ on X
Young Malcolm:
Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925 and he died as Malcolm X on February 21, 1965. Injustice serves as the bookends on either side of Malcolm’s life. From Omaha, Nebraska to Mecca, Saudi Arabia back to Harlem, New York Malcolm traveled and it seemed that trials and tribulation followed him. As we [...]
Posted in Culture & History Also tagged Black pride, Elijah Muhammed, KKK, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam 17 Comments
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Savagely Celebrating the Negro National Anthem