My thoughts about – What We Mean When We Say ‘Race Is a Social Construct’ – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic During my undergraduate years, I had the privilege of studying Eugenics in America with Lawrence Mamiya. So yes, I know how science played a key role in the construction of racial constructs, particularly those…
Fifth Street’s History of Infrastructure Justice Here are few news clippings about the struggle for clean water in Stafford’s Fifth Street area. I think we should commemorate the remaining living leaders in this civil rights struggle. Don’t you? Well, don’t you? If you do let me know! Houston Chronicle Press Clippings Fifth Street tackles Third…
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities As mentioned on a previous post, April 13 was the 2nd annual Jane Jacob’s Hidden East Austin Walk. The walk is really an informal ad…
Jane’s Walk and Talk 2013 Hidden East Austin Join a walking conversation and celebration of East Austin’s African American and Latino history. Learn about hidden gems and pockets of history. Saturday, April 13 – 9:30 a.m. – noon! Highlights: Learn about the African American presence at the French Legation View Toni Tipton-Martin’s exhibit on…
Recollection as Resistance: Challenging Cultural Eugenics & Marginalization in Invisible Places – Conference Paper at Abriendo Becha
Underbounding – Systematic, spatial exclusion of minorities in unincorporated areas. This trend is common in predominately Latino and African American communities. Most were former colonias and/or historic African American communities. Most research and activism around this issue has taken place in California’s migrant worker communities and some in the Carolinas. This problem however is prevalent…
So I am watching this Clark Sisters video, because sometimes I need a praise break. While watching it, I realized how much this song exemplifies why bringing more attention to memory and intangible culture in planning is so central to my life and work. yes Yes, I am a Doctoral student. And yes, I am…
Today, we commonly use the phrase “40 acres and a mule,” but few of us have read the Order itself. Three of its parts are relevant here. Section one bears repeating in full: “The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country…
