Tag: Racism in the USA
“Memorial Drive” by Natasha Trethewey: We are what we forget – culture
Natasha Trethewey was 19 when her stepfather shot her mother. Decades later, she returns home as a highly decorated poet – and writes a breathtaking book about memory, language and…
Percival Everett’s novel "James": Desperate every second
There is no way around this novel this year: The American writer Percival Everett is adapting “Huckleberry Finn” – told from the perspective of the escaped slave Jim. source site
Exhibition on the history of hip-hop in the Schirn in Frankfurt – Culture
Nobody knows the founder of rap anymore, even though his name was Hercules. Kool DJ Herc, who invented the hip-hop method at block parties in the Bronx in 1973 with…
“The Color Purple” in the cinema: Dancing against pain – culture
Many people probably didn’t expect so much hilarity. Or at least not those who only knew Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning southern novel or Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation with Whoopi Goldberg…
Too late apology? Harvard President Claudine Gay – Culture
Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first African-American president, could fall over anti-Semitism at her university – and has cut a bad figure in front of Congress. Recently, Claudine Gay sat on a…
Knife attack on George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin – Panorama
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was attacked with a knife in prison and seriously injured. Several US media reported this on Friday evening, citing people familiar with the matter. The…
George Floyd case: ex-cop Chauvin pleads guilty for the first time – politics
After his murder conviction, Derek Chauvin now faces a federal court trial. There he admits to be guilty of the death of the African American, on whose neck he had…
USA: General Lee is melted down – politics
One of the most famous monuments of the American South is disappearing: the statue of Robert E. Lee in the middle of Charlottesville. It started with a harmless school project,…
Interview with feminist Roxane Gay Culture
The American author Roxane Gay is known for her essays on feminism, pop culture, sexual violence and racism. A conversation about “difficult women”, the limit to the private and their…
Ahmaud Arbery case: three men found guilty – Panorama
More than a year and a half after the killing of the black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in the US state of Georgia, the three white perpetrators have been found guilty…