Full Title: Aracelis England on Puerto Rico, Statehood & Culture full post »
Full Title: Aracelis England on Puerto Rico & the Vote full post »
Eric on Fortune Cookies »
During the Asian American showcase in Chicago, I reported on the documentary film The Killing of a Chinese Cookie for Live Feed with Jesse. At the Gene Siskel film center, I spoke with Eric Nakamura. In the film, Eric gi... full post »
From curry chicken on Devon Avenue, to the smell of Puerto Rican food in Humboldt Park, to latkes in West Rogers Park. Chicago has a way of letting people slip in an out of cultures. Living in Chicago allows residents and visitors to experience more than... full post »
Sticks and Stones, Sticks and Stones. We just heard Colin (a self proclaimed six-foot tall white guy) admitting to using the N word among friends, not as hatespeak, but with an "A" at the end (in reference to the crossover of hip hop culture). Is this ... full post »
Sonari is Mixed »
One afternoon, Sonari Glinton (pictured above with his mother), cracked a one-liner about being "half African and half Black". This was only humorous because to a lot of folks these terms mean precisely the same thing. I probed a little deeper and found... full post »
Full Title: Kymani Marley reasoning with David Chen full post »
Anonymous drops this first installment of "Useless Knowledge" explaining something that's very important in his culture but not relevant for many others (or shows up in other forms at least): the evil eye!!! Do you believe in the eye? Is this... full post »
Full Title: TAKE ANYTHING YOU WANT! full post »
In early August, twenty Chicago and suburban classroom teachers gathered for a weeklong workshop on digital storytelling. They learned techniques to use with their students in their classrooms, while exploring their own lives as teachers and students.To... full post »
