#race-and-representation

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3 days ago

Broadcasting pioneer Jayne Kennedy opens up on triumphs and heartbreaks in new memoir

Jayne Kennedy broke racial and gender barriers in broadcasting, transitioning from Miss Ohio to pioneering on-screen sports roles despite industry resistance.
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1 week ago

Diving deeply into familiar tales: Ashland's 'Shane' and 'Quixote Nuevo' * Oregon ArtsWatch

Playwright Karen Zacarias first encountered Jack Schaefer's classic 1949 novel Shane as a sixth grader and recent immigrant to Boston from Mexico. Not yet having internalized the expectation of seeing white Americans at the center of every story, she envisioned the main character of this classic Western tale as Puerto Rican baseball start Roberto Clemente, a hero of hers who happened to be Black, and the farming family at the center of the story as Mexican.
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1 week ago

Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

White House targets Smithsonian artworks and exhibitions addressing race, slavery, immigration, and sexuality for review and revision under Trump administration cultural directives.
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