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Pet Keeping and Pet Hiding in Black America

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Policymakers and societal norms interpret the presence of animals in the home and on the street differently for groups along the axes of class and race, even when the motivations for pet keeping are the same. The wide variety of decisions and experiences surrounding pet ownership in the black community reflect the many ways that they have negotiated with belonging and citizenship, negotiating with animals as family members, tools of white supremacy, and markers of respectability.

Eating Your Way Through African American Literature in Paris

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Introduction Paris has long been a destination for African American writers looking to escape racism in the United States. James Baldwin described Paris as the “landscape of [his] heart.” Chester Himes attributed much of his fame to Paris: “I felt I had become more famous in Paris than any black American who had ever lived.”… MORE

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History 457: Week 9: Hollywood & The Global Great Depression

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Required readings:  Sanora Babb, Whose Names Are Unknown: A Novel *Photogrammar – Explore Yale University’s 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the US Farm Security Administration (use images from this website for your collaborative Wikipedia assignment) Recommended readings if you are interested in learning more:  John Steinbeck, The Harvest Gypsies *George J. Sanchez,… MORE

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