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Weird/Black/Play: Turning Racial Authenticity And Professorial Performance On Its Head In The Black Studies Classroom, Wendy M. Thompson

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This essay examines the expectations placed on black faculty to act as conduits of authentic blackness and black knowing even as they are undermined and undervalued in the classroom and other institutional settings. Paying special attention to the way that racial performance, engaged learning, and the role of the black instructor converge in the black studies classroom, I offer the black/weird as a framework (departure/positioning) from which students can engage in black/weird/play, a remedy that interrupts students’ desire for a particular hegemonic racial performance from black faculty while stimulating critical collective inquiry about black history, experience, culture, and the self. …

Post Postblack: Rethinking Contemporary Black Art In 2020 Art Culture, Brooke Finister

McNair Research Journal SJSU

For this study, I will be exploring the importance of advocacy in the art culture community. My research question is: Do we still need a postblack lens to look at black art and content? Historically, the black arts community’s perspective following the civil rights era and leading to the rise of the Black Arts Movement had been left out of exhibition spaces. I intend to evaluate the impact of arts foundations and organizations that contributed to the success of artists and curators within New York City from the late 1960s onward. In the 21st century we have much more inclusive …

Teach Us How: Love, Relationships, Resistance, Aarron Booker

McNair Research Journal SJSU

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to examine Black love in the historical, contemporary cultural, and political context. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the importance of choosing love as a means of resistance and as a practice for teaching transdisciplinary praxis. Historically, scholarship conducted on Black love did not incorporate the multidimensionality that blackness spans. It placed a focus on the relationships between Black males and females through a sociocultural lens examining factors such as Black male viability, Black male scarcity, and the impact systemic structures have on Black males. This emphasis placed on the Black …

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McNair Research Journal SJSU

No abstract provided.

The Black Woman's Burden: A Discussion Of Race, Rape Culture, And Feminism, Rawabi Hamid

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Current feminist and anti-rape movements in the United States seek to amplify the voices of women regarding sexual assault. Unfortunately, within this amplification, the voices of Black women are often excluded, which is a direct effect of historically ignoring the abuses of Black women and rarely ever bringing their abusers to justice. These injustices, often committed by white men and perpetuated by white women, create a destructive rhetoric in stereotyping Black women while also silencing them throughout modern movements, especially those of feminist and anti-rape causes. This essay will examine the consequences of three problematic aspects of US history and …

Measuring African American Female College Athletes’ Athletic Identity To Determine Support Service Needs, Akilah R. Carter-Francique, Billy J. Hawkins, Charles Crowley

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Is Excellence Inclusive? The Benefits Of Fostering Black Female College Athlete's Sense Of Belonging, Akilah R. Carter-Francique

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The purpose of this research note is to urge intercollegiate athletic departments and their administrators to foster a sense of belonging amongst Black female college athletes to aid in their felt membership as a college athlete and support their development as viable employment candidates in college sport. Black female college athletes’ graduation rates are on the rise; however, these being hired at dismal rates in college sport. By fostering a sense of belonging, Black female college athletes as a historically marginalized group are able to feel a sense of connectedness in the athletics and greater university environment; athletic departments commit …

35th Annual African American Commencement, 2017, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

35th Annual African American Commencement

"Black Grad: The Soundtrack to Black Life." The 2017 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Friday, May 26, 2017 in the Student Union Ballroom at San Jose State University.

The Intersections Of Africana Studies And Curriculum Theory: An Exploration, Theodorea Regina Berry

Faculty Publications

There has been much critique of globalization now circulating in curriculum studies both nationally, in the United States, and internationally, helps us understand some of the lethal effects of globalization. Nevertheless, little of such critique is grounded in a strong commitment to work beyond the Western epistemological perimeter. While we, as reconceptualists in curriculum studies, acknowledge the necessity to honor the multiple sources and perspectives of knowledge, we continue to operate in spaces and with intentions embedded in globalized, traditional notions of curriculum. This problem is especially heightened for socially marginalized learners, particularly Black/African American learners.

In this article, I …

Our Home By The Sea: Critical Race Reflections On Samuel Chapman Armstrong’S Accommodationism Through William Watkins’ White Architects Of Black Education, Theodorea Regina Berry, Michael Jennings

Faculty Publications

The work and words presented are a reflection of the multidimensionality of two critical race scholars and their engagement with the work of Dr. William H. Watkins, specifically his seminal text The White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power, 1865-1954. This work will be framed similarly to the way Watkins framed his chapter on General Samuel Chapman Armstrong in this work. Our story, a critical auto-ethnographic narrative, will begin with a discussion of the historical context that frames the relationship we have with Watkins and the relationship we have with General Samuel Chapman Armstrong and Hampton Institute. Next, …

34th Annual African American Commencement, 2016, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

34th Annual African American Commencement

"Black Grad: Cultivating Black Excellence." The 2016 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Friday, May 27, 2016 in the Student Union Ballroom at San Jose State University.

33rd Annual African American Commencement, 2015, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

33rd Annual African American Commencement

"Black Grad: Striving Today to Create a Better Tomorrow." The 2015 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Friday, May 22, 2015 in the Student Union Ballroom at San Jose State University.

32nd Annual African American Commencement, 2014, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

32nd African American Commencement

"Black Grad: Creating a Legacy through Black Excellence." The 2014 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Friday, May 23, 2014 at Morris Dailey Auditorium at San Jose State University.

Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism On Screen By Kathleen Rowe Karlyn; African American Actresses: The Struggle For Visibility, 1900-1960 By Charlene Regester; Unsettling Sights: The Fourth World On Film By Corinn Columpar: A Review By Mantra Roy, Mantra Roy

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

31st Annual African American Commencement, 2013, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

31st Annual African American Commencement

"Black Grad: Living the Legacy." The 2013 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 in the Morris Dailey Auditorium at San Jose State University.

Cultural Identity And Education: A Critical Race Perspective, Theodorea Berry, Matthew Candis

Faculty Publications

The article discusses cultural identity, experience, and gap, along with the connections of critical race theory (CRT) and critical race feminism (CRF) with cultural identity and experience. Topics include the definition of cultural experience, the identity of African American educators, and the cultural gap experienced by African American students.

University Scholar Series: Ruth Wilson, Ruth Wilson

University Scholar Series

Genes, Guts and Grit: The Legacy of Three Extraordinary African American Women

On February 29, 2012 Dr. Ruth Wilson spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Ellen Junn at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Ruth Wilson is a Professor and the Chair of the African-American Studies Department at SJSU. Her current research focuses on African American women and the new black diversity in the African-American community. In this seminar, Ruth Wilson provides an overview of three women "She-roes" in American history: Lucy Terry Prince, Maria Stewart, and Henrietta Lacks, whose contributions add texture to the characteristic …

28th Annual African American Commencement, 2010, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

28th Annual African American Commencement

"New Beginnings." The 28th Annual African American Commencement was held on Sunday, May 30, 2010.

Engaged Pedagogy And Critical Race Feminism, Theodorea Berry

Faculty Publications

The article describes the engaged pedagogy of cultural critic and scholar bell hooks in the context of the experiences that the author gained from a group of African American pre-service teachers in a social foundations course. It provides an overview of critical race feminism, which acknowledges the importance of storytelling and addresses the intersections of gender and race, and explains its significance to preparing African American pre-service teachers. It concludes with a discourse on engaged pedagogy from a critical feminist perspective which enables teacher educators to support the lived experiences of students who are socially marginalized.

27th Annual African American Commencement, 2009, San Jose State University, Associated Students

African American Commencement

27th Annual African American Commencement

"Amazement Awaits." The 2009 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 24, 2009 in the Morris Dailey Auditorium at San Jose State University.

Blaxican Identity: An Exploratory Study Of Blacks/Chicanas/Os In California, Rebecca Romo

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

Abstract:

This paper explores the racial/ethnic identities of multiracial Black-Mexicans or ‘Blaxicans.’ In- depth interviews with 12 Blaxican individuals in California reveal how they negotiate distinct cultural systems to accomplish multiracial identities. I argue that choosing, accomplishing, and asserting a Blaxican identity challenges the dominant monoracial discourse in the United States, in particular among African American and Chicana/o communities. That is, Blaxican respondents are held accountable by African Americans and Chicanas/os/Mexicans to monoracial notions of ‘authenticity.’ The process whereby Blaxicans move between these monoracial spaces to create multiracial identities illustrates crucial aspects of the social construction of race/ethnicity in the …

Shaka, May 21, 1971, San Jose State College, Black Journalism Workshop

Shaka

Volume 2, Issue 5

Shaka, April 15, 1971, San Jose State College, Black Journalism Workshop

Shaka

Volume 2, Issue 4

Third World Issue

From the Editorial: "This issue of SHAKA, the monthly publication of SJS' Black Studies department, hopes to serve as an effective organ to convey a vital message. We are voicing the crys of victory and determination of oppressed peoples the world over. From Angola to Palistine, and from Indo-China to the black communities right here in America."

Shaka, December 18, 1970, San Jose State College, Black Journalism Workshop

Shaka

Volume 1, Issue 2

Cry Of Color, April 1970, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Cry of Color

Volume 1, No. 1

Subtitle: third world supplement