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From Captain Namkung:

The questions that arise in the circle are as diverse as each individual’s experience. One of the ways that we are attempting to evolve as a group and deal with these questions is to educate ourselves. In the weeks leading up to Potlatch, we have published four installments of a weekly reading list. This list is comprised of written material, video and audio programs that express a diverse set of viewpoints around race in today’s culture.

The goal is to contextualize our experiences within contemporary themes, and to use this material as an entry point into deeper and more meaningful conversations with each other. Click on the links below to access this diverse and somewhat random reading list.

Obama's Speech on Race from last year

An episode of 30 Rock called "The Source Awards"

These two websites: Stuff White People Like and Rent-a-Negro

A speech by performance artist Sarah Jones

An article on Sotomayor and affirmative action

A video/installation by artist Adrian Piper called Cornered, one of the most influential artists on the subject of race

An audio podcast of To The Best of Our Knowledge called Can White Guys Be Hip?, which has several interviews. It's an hour long program, and the whole thing is interesting, but if you have limited time, at least listen to the interview with performance artist Damali Ayo (rent-a-negro project from last week's reading), and the interview with Stanley Crouch, who is interviewed about his collection of essays called The Artificial White Man. Ayo's interview starts at 23:00, and Crouch's interview starts at 43:09.

An audio interview with playwright Danny Hoch, who gives a perspective on gentrification

And a short video clip in which Hoch expounds on the nature of hip-hop.

An interesting article which makes connections between Adrian Piper's Cornered and Obama's speech on race.

An LA Times article by author Shelby Steele on the nature of Obama's post-racialism

Two articles: one on recognizing white privilege, and one on issues surrounding education about race. These are PDFs.