In The News: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
When slavery ended, a new era rose. This period would shape the United State for years to come; it was called the Reconstruction era and Jim Crow.
Has the media highlighted instances of civil disobedience to delegitimize the Black Lives Matter movement?
A new UNLV task force has released recommendations for addressing safety, equity and inclusion among Black students and employees.
Sometimes, people have a hard time trying to peg the protest politics of Carla Gericke.
Racial tensions have been simmering since the beginning of the United States.
Between July 8th and July 13th, I had been following the updates because so many of my queer fandom friends were posting hopes, wishes and fears regarding the disappearance of Naya Rivera. Amid the brutal deaths of Vanessa Guillen, Breonna Taylor, and the continued persecution of undocumented immigrant children and adults, I’ve grown weary of grieving the loss of young women of color. A celebrity death, in context, serves as a reminder of the numbing reality that the world expects much of women of color in their life and death, their celebrity and the context of their death giving weight to the energy a greater public exercises in wanting more for them/us.
UNLV has created what it's calling the Anti-Black Racism Task Force.
On July 9, Desert Companion hosted “Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas,” a live Zoom roundtable on racial justice. How does protest translate into policy? Is defunding the police a feasible idea — or is reform more realistic? How is Las Vegas unique as it grapples with systemic racism on a local level? Panelists engaged these questions and many more.
Mark Padoongpatt seems to be asked this question frequently: Where’s the best place to get Thai food in Las Vegas?
The summer of 1990 saw a quiet riot speak volumes after Black organizations staged a boycott of Miami’s tourism industry, costing the city between $5 million and $12 million in the first three months alone. And the silence of the Black dollar was only starting to suffocate the city’s economy.
Widespread protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd have sparked a national conversation about racial justice. In this roundtable discussion, activists, artists, policymakers, and scholars explore how that conversation is taking shape in Las Vegas. How can street rallies translate into real change?
Calls for social justice amid the Black Lives Matter Movement has renewed focus in addressing the ignorance of the past, including the often-overlooked history of black cowboys and the significant role they played helping shape the American West.