by kspence | Sep 28, 2011 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism
I got an email from one of my students today. An excellent student, she’s had trouble finding work and she reached out to me. I thought I’d take the response I sent to her and place it here (names removed of course), as a lot of people are in these...
by kspence | Sep 27, 2011 | The Mass Media
Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University created Left of Black, a video webcast devoted to exploring black politics, life, and culture, from a decidedly left perspective. I was featured on this week’s episode which you can see...
by kspence | Sep 26, 2011 | Black Leadership, Neoliberalism, Obama |
I had the opportunity to read Obama’s Speech to the CBC. In contrast to critiques that he hasn’t sufficiently paid attention or given credit to the Civil Rights Movement, Obama’s speech is full of references to the Civil Rights Movement and to Martin...
by kspence | Sep 11, 2011 | Neoliberalism |
When Al Queda operatives destroyed the World Trade Center and hit the Pentagon, we missed an incredible moment. When President Bush was asked what Americans should do, he replied, “shop.” In thinking about whether to tell “my 9/11 story” I came...
by kspence | Sep 6, 2011 | The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
I’m going to begin today’s Urban Politics lecture with this question. What DOES a city sound like? It depends, right? If I think solely in terms of music even then it depends on the city. This is New York City:...
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