“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you”. ― Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals. In her groundbreaking 1988 article, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack” Peggy McIntosh begins, in the spirit of intersectionality, by making an equation with male privilege, and white privilege: “I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize […]
In 1997, the Asian avian influenza (H5N1) commonly referred to as “bird flu” circulated around the globe but affected few people, even when it reemerged in 2003. In 2009, a new H1N1 influenza virus also emerged. But it too, like the 1957 and 1968 H1N1 influenza viruses did not shut down the entire world. When […]
This is the first in a series of blog posts by members of the Studio for Media Activism & Critical Thought, leading up to our Mayday! Speakers’ series, May 25-28. Watch for it! My last real world student meeting was with Ming (not her real name), an international student from mainland China. A smart and […]