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The Identity of Mourning: Jackson and Reeb in Selma

Models Monday: In the Shadows

Can you imagine the shadows that could be inserted into the National Portrait Gallery’s collection of presidential portraits?

Models Monday: I Think It therefore It Is

My father told me once, as I was trying to justify my suspicions concerning a neighbor’s behavior, that he wastes little time on questioning his judgement. “If I think you did it,” he said, “then you did it.” My father’s perspective has saved me a great deal of time. Instead of equivocating and questioning theContinue reading “Models Monday: I Think It therefore It Is”

Western Apologies

Originally posted on Media Diversified:
by Somayra Ismailjee By now, you may have heard of the Chapel Hill shooting of newlyweds Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salhar and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salhar. Say these names aloud. I won’t detail the event which ended their lives brutally short here. Though underreported, the information is out there.…

“When Sorrows Come” Spelman College Symposium

If you’re in the Atlanta area this weekend, here’s an event you don’t want to miss: The text reads as follows: 50 years since the day Malcolm X was assassinated, Spelman College will host a symposium addressing the contemptuous and deadly disregard for black life evident across the social, political, and cultural landscape in theContinue reading ““When Sorrows Come” Spelman College Symposium”

Models Monday: President’s Day, Black History Month, and the Post Office

I subscribed to the Black Heritage Postal series sometime in December. Each month, I receive about six stamps featuring black Americans along with the stamps value at the time of its original circulation. In addition to the stamps, I also receive news and updates from the National Postal Museum. The exhibition currently featured at theContinue reading “Models Monday: President’s Day, Black History Month, and the Post Office”

Frontline: Being Mortal

Looks like we’ll have a chance to see if Atul Gawande extends his analysis so as to consider the ways that those possessing technical skill overly commit to their own powers and authority: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/

Models Monday: Translation

In chapter 5 of Being Mortal, Atul Gawande writes beautifully about the professionals most interested in helping people “in a state of dependence sustain the value of existence.” The people at the center of interest for Gawande are the elderly and some whose grim prognosis requires assistance through formal structures like a nursing home orContinue reading “Models Monday: Translation”

“Sweetness”

“Sweetness” Reading Toni Morrison is always time well-spent.

Models Monday: Centers

If you are ever in Atlanta with children, your own or other people’s, you might schedule the National Center for Civil and Human Rights as one of your stops; otherwise, this is just ANOTHER Atlanta site that won’t really be as transformative as one might expect. While the Center does many interesting things with newContinue reading “Models Monday: Centers”