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How children’s crime stories condemn lawbreakers, celebrate police, and normalize confinement
My children are old enough now to enjoy board games. This summer, their favorite is Monopoly. The strategy of my nine-year-old child is clear, in part because he announces it... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog4 min readPodcast: Projecting Desire by Tupur Chatterjee
Since the late 1990s, the multiplex in India has emerged as a dominant site of media exhibition, almost always embedded within the shopping mall. This spatial pairing has transformed the... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog2 min readThe New Meaning of Family in an Age of Estrangement: An Excerpt from “Families We Lose” by Rin Reczek
This excerpt was originally published in Queerty. What does it mean to lose your family—and then find a new one? In my book, Families We Lose, I draw on interviews... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog9 min readSpeaking Bodies Dancing Our América: An Excerpt from “¡Habla!” by Jade Power-Sotomayor
A bent-knees foot stomp lands while shoulders decidedly drop into place. A skirt swirls, intentionally tracing not one or two but three turns of the wrist, resulting in moving outlines... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog6 min readPodcast: Rebooting Inequality by Angharad N. Valdivia and Isabel Molina-Guzmán
This episode of From the Square features an interview between Angharad N. Valdivia, Isabel Molina-Guzmán, and host Pete Kunze. From Ghostbusters to Will & Grace, One Day at a Time to Jurassic Park, the past decade... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog1 min readHow Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston by Jess Waggoner
Jess Waggoner on the Harlem Renaissance’s Contributions to Modern Disability Rights. This excerpt was originally published in Literary Hub. If the Harlem Renaissance was—according to Henry Louis Gates Jr.—“surely as... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog6 min readPodcast: Whispers in the Pews by Amy D. McDowell
In this episode of From the Square, Amy D. McDowell discusses her new book with Roland Clark, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Liverpool. Whispers in the Pews:... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog2 min readWriting As Spiritual Practice: Inside the World of Medieval Scribes by Joel Halldorf
Joel Halldorf on the Monks Who Helped Preserve Generations of Cultural Heritage. This excerpt was originally published in Literary Hub. Because monastic life depended on books, it was natural that... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog6 min readPodcast: Sanctuary People by Gina M. Pérez
In this episode of From the Square, Dr. Gina Pérez discusses her new book with Jennifer Rose Najera, Professor of Chicano/a Studies at UC Riverside. In her latest book, Sanctuary... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog2 min readHow Ursula K. Le Guin Channeled Her Environmentalism Into Fiction: Shelley Streeby on the Ecologies That Inspired the Science Fiction Author’s Body of Work
This excerpt was originally published in Literary Hub. In the 1960s and 1970s, Ursula K. Le Guin wrote speculative fiction shaped by her interests in environments and ecologies, her pacifist... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog5 min readPodcast: Martyrs and Migrants by Candace Lukasik
Coptic Orthodox Christians comprise the largest Christian community in the Middle East and are among the oldest Christian communities in the world. While once the objects of American missionary efforts,... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog2 min readToward Deterring Deceitful Political Advocacy: An Excerpt from Deterring Political Deceit by David Chang
Adopted in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) declared a goal of stabilizing global carbon emissions to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” In... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog14 min readPodcast: Assembling Religion
Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church, reader of New Thought texts, believer in the “gospel of reincarnation,” mass marketer of antisemitic... READ MORE
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Blog1 min readServing Time in Public Schools: an Excerpt from “No Restraint” by Charles Bell
This excerpt was originally published in Inquest. Every year, thousands of children are placed in solitary confinement by U.S. public schools as punishment for having a disability. This abuse and... READ MORE
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