The Labor of Racism
By: Dána-Ain Davis One night in early 2018, a doula-friend of mine, Josie who is white, sent me a photo of a Black woman sitting in a wheelchair.…
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Starbucks Enlightenment
Image credit: “Starbucks, Race and ‘Corporate’ Anthropology,” CFM Public Affairs Blog (March 2015). Is Anthropology better than Starbucks? In late March 2018, anthropology rais…
Fear and Loathing in Atlanta
Content warning: racism, violence, mention of miscarriage. I was on my way to the airplane that would take me back home, to Canada. I boarded the train between…
Ten Skeletons Bury a Right-Wing Talking Point
Anglo-Saxon mythologies and culture continue to enchant many who live in the U.K. Andrew Parsons/Getty Images This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republ…
Race is Still a Problem in Anthropology
By Anar Parikh [The following essay emerges from conversation with fellow PhD student and AES/SVA attendee, Scott Ross (George Washington University).] How is it that a senior anthropologist…
How Chinese Immigrants Built—and Lost—a Shellfish Industry
Abalone, which were once abundant in the coastal waters of California, are now primarily cultivated on farms. Universal Images Group/Getty Images At a sleepy outpost in the Sierra…
Inclusion Rider vs. Race Science
Which version of diversity will win? Three hours in to the Oscars awards show broadcast on March 4th, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand uttered two words that exploded…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, March 12, 2018
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
How Billy Graham Married Evangelism and Anthropology
In 1960, Billy Graham met with Maasai people while preaching throughout Africa. James Burke/Getty Images On March 2, millions watched the funeral of the Rev. Billy Graham, one…
Appeal to politicians: Italian anthropologists demand that more scientific information be made available to the public, in order to combat racism
Presse release of 6 February 2018: Scientific knowledge as an important tool in the social and political battle against racism: this proposal put forward by anthropologists will be presented Thursday,…
Racism by any Other Name Is Still Racism
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces in December 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed and issued Executive Order 9066 in the name of national security.…
Brave Community: Teaching Race in the American Classroom w/ Janine de Novais – This Anthro Life
Welcome listeners to the second installment of our Diversity and Inclusion crossover series, bringing together This Anthro Life with Brandeis University. For those of you who are new…
Conference Transcript: “Slipping Into Darkness: Recruiting and Student Understanding of Anthropology as a Field and Major”
This is the transcript for the talk I gave at Skeletal Biology in the Carolina conference. You can see the PPT here: Slipping into Darkness Slide 1 Introduction Slide…
Diversity is a Dangerous Set-up
“White Lies In Dublin Docklands” by William Murphy [image: black graffiti that says “White Lies” on a white background] — the origin of this image is actually interesting and folks…
The Power of Sports to Change American Ideals
When the now former National Football League (NFL) quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem in a preseason game in the summer of 2016, he set…
Postindustrial Landscapes, Communities, and Heritage
I’m excited to be in New Orleans this week for the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Dan Trepal and I are chairing a session entitled,…
Colonialism’s Orchestrated Disasters in Puerto Rico
“María, María, perdí la esperanza, María, María, perdí la esperanza.” I am reminded of these lyrics from the bomba group, Yuba Iré, when I see the pictures and…
Bidding “bon voyage” to la pensée sauvage: Why the “Savage Minds” name change couldn’t come soon enough
I never thought I would be guest-blogging for an internet publication whose name was (once) a racial slur directed at me and my ancestors. For many years now,…
Bidding “bon voyage” to la pensée sauvage: Why the “Savage Minds” name change couldn’t come soon enough
I never thought I would be guest-blogging for an internet publication whose name was (once) a racial slur directed at me and my ancestors. For many years now,…
Anthropology Matters #AmAnth17
Open Anthropology Matters The October issue of Open Anthropology promotes material linked to the 2017 annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Anthropology Matters (November …
A Defense of the Charlottesville Counter-Protesters
Not all forms of violence are created equal. On August 12, violence unfolded at a white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. President Trump’s immediate reaction…
Resources for Understanding Race After Charlottesville
In this time of fake news and alternative facts coming from the White House as well as some media, what can we as scholars contribute to challenge this?…
Resources for Understanding Race After Charlottesville
In this time of fake news and alternative facts coming from the White House as well as some media, what can we as scholars contribute to challenge this?…
Tackling the Elephant in the Room
A Guide to Teaching Race after Charlottesville The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville embodied the ongoing racist ideologies that have permeated the United States since its incepti…