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Tag Archives: Politics
WTF is Real Fake News?: The Mashup of Reality and Satire
We lack a shared reality thereby making it impossible to ridicule the absurdity of reality. Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Charisse is Cool, Everyone's a Critic, Satire, Television
Tagged Art, Culture, Media, Politics, Psychology
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My Bob Dylan Experience #TBT
In 2005, I was working at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. As I was walking down the hall, late for work, this man was walking towards me. He was about 20 feet away. He was scruffy, wearing an oversized coat … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Music
Tagged Art, Autobiography, Culture, Education, Music, Politics, Social Justice, Youth
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Black Utopias: An Interview w/ Joan Bryant
Joan Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University and I discuss her exhibit, “Black Utopias.” What is a Black Utopia and how does the historical vision of a Black Utopia continue to resonate today?
Posted in Classes, Professional, Video
Tagged Art, Culture, Identity, Media, Politics, Race, Social Justice
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Things We Are NOT Talking About
I’m overwhelmed with discourse. The amount of content that floods my consciousness every day is seemingly infinite, despite my very finite time and cognitive capacity. However, in all of these conversations, there are inevitably things that we are NOT talking about. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Charisse is Cool
Tagged Civic Engagement, Culture, Education, Globalization, Media, Politics, Psychology, Race, Social Justice, Violence
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Cuba 2016
In May, I was honored to accompany a delegation from the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) to Hominis 2016, organized by the Cuban Psychological Society in Havana. The trip was an amazing! We wandered the streets of Old Havana, marveling at … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Caribbean/South America, Charisse is Cool
Tagged Autobiography, Culture, Globalization, Identity, Politics, Psychology, Race
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Documenting History: A Conversation with Harry Allen, Media Assassin
Harry Allen, self-proclaimed media assassin and hip hop activist, joined my COM346 class to talk about the role of media in documenting history and affirming the importance of hip hop. We talked about hip hop as the ultimate hack, synchronizing with … Continue reading
Posted in Charisse is Cool, Classes, Consulting, Music
Tagged Art, Civic Engagement, Culture, Gender, Media, Music, Politics, Race, Youth
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Dystopian Tween Dramas and a Celebration of White Teen Angst
Franchises like The Hunger Games, the Divergent Series, and Maze Runner, as well as other one-off films like The Giver, may tell different stories, but the emotions of the protagonists are the same. Like real-life adolescents, these characters are fraught … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Charisse is Cool, Movies
Tagged Civic Engagement, Culture, Education, Gender, Identity, Media, Politics, Psychology, Race, Youth
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