Quechua-Peruvian Journalist Marco Avilés on Racism, Bilingualism and More
Posted on June 29, 2020
An editorial in today's New York Times suggests that "Latin America Is Ready for Its Black Lives Matter Reckoning."
"I'm Not That Strange": Graphic Fiction and More from WWB's 11th Annual Queer Issue
Posted on June 17, 2020
"Have you ever had the feeling that even if you wanted to you'd never blend in?" This is the question that launches the graphic fiction story "Gay Giant," just published in the 11th annual Queer issue of the magazine Words Without Borders.
20 Stories, Films, & Essays on Identity & Race
Posted on June 15, 2020
At our June 1st #LunchGlobally session, during the first wave of protests against police racism, our group spontaneously brainstormed a list of books, films, and organizations to help students make sense of the issues. Because we were reading Marco Avilés' powerful essay “I Am Not Your Cholo," many (but not all) of these resources depicted Latinx experiences -- an important and sometimes under-discussed element in the discussion of biased law enforcement.
5 Global Readings on Racism
Posted on June 09, 2020
Here in New York, where WWB has its offices, we have been struggling to make sense of all that has been happening both locally and on the news.
"My Man": A Powerful Performance-Poem on Race and Identity, with Video
Posted on June 04, 2020
Ricardo Aleixo performing at a national poetry festival in Brazil in 2011. By André Luiz D. Takahashi.