“Acting as Freemen”: Rhetoric,Race, and Reform in the Debate over Colonization in Freedom's Journal, 1827–1828

This essay features a debate in Freedom's Journal, the first African-American newspaper, in 1827 and 1828, concerning the proposals of the American Colonization Society. Arguments favoring colonization illuminate the ways in which whiteness informs and constrains the discourse of white self-professed reformers about race, nation, and public rhetoric. As constitutive rhetoric, the anti-colonization arguments of contributors to Freedom's Journal construct African Americans as agents, citizens, and empowered public rhetors. The exchange reveals key, often hidden aspects of the discourses of whites and of people of color about race and reform in the antebellum period and in the contemporary public sphere.     

“I May Be Crackin’, But Um Fackin’”: Racial Humor in The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963

This article examines the utilization of racial humor in Christopher Paul Curtis’ novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963. The theoretical perspectives that inform the analysis include critical race theory and humor theory. The results of the analysis reveal that the use of humor in this book is influenced to a significant degree by race and racism.     

The Homeschooling of Scout Finch

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely taught texts in language arts classrooms through the English-speaking world and is greatly valued by many readers today for its depiction of youth grappling with racism in the American South of the Depression Era. However, the novel’s subtle and sustained critique of public education has remained largely unrecognised. This essay identifies in the novel an underlying nostalgia for the past homeschooling of Southern white aristocracy as well as disdain for modern public institutions and for the democratic values that those institutions seek to instil in youth.     

“Accidental Racist”: Stumbling Through the Motions of Racial Reconciliation

This article examines country star Brad Paisley’s controversial musical dialogue with rapper LL Cool J about race. First, I compare “Accidental Racist” with “Ebony and Ivory” in light of McPhail’s notions of rhetorical coherence and complicity. Second, I interrogate Paisley’s problematic construction of racial division in light of Gresson’s work. Next, I consider how the inclusion of Cool J’s voice at least partly challenges Paisley’s southern White perspective. In light of Hatch’s theory of reconciliation, however, Paisley’s pseudo-apology proves self-serving and Cool J’s forgiveness is cheap. In the end, their contrived country/hip-hop dialogue dances to the tune of neoliberalism and fails to resonate with either of their core audiences, despite their well-meaning intentions.     

身份建构中的双重话语——谈美国黑人女作家的创作思想和作品主题

美国黑人女作家的创作思想和作品主题突出反映了黑人女性积极建构种族文化身份以及女性身份的愿望,揭示了黑人女性所受的双重苦难———种族压迫和性别歧视。黑人女小说家的创作思想集中表现在她们的作品之中,反映了黑人女性在白人为主导和男权统治的社会环境中积极建构种族身份、寻找自我的经历。这些小说家们的努力不仅促进了黑人女性意识的发展,也推动了美国文学的进步。     

Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in Education

In this article, I outline the central tenets of an emerging theory that I call Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit) to more completely address the issues of Indigenous Peoples in the United States. TribalCrit has it roots in Critical Race Theory, Anthropology, Political/Legal Theory, Political Science, American Indian Literatures, Education, and American Indian Studies. This theoretical framework provides a way to address the complicated relationship between American Indians and the United States federal government and begin to make sense of American Indians’ liminality as both racial and legal/political groups and individuals. Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy is an Assistant Professor in the University of Utah.     

母亲：黑人民族的脊梁——评析美国黑人诗歌对母亲形象的称颂

在美国黑人历史上,母亲是维系整个民族发展的脊梁,但她们的社会地位却未受到应有的认同和尊重。诗歌是黑人表达心声的重要艺术手段,诗人们在作品中赞美了黑人母亲的伟大。通过解读黑人诗歌对母亲形象的描绘,文章着重评析作品对黑人母亲多维动态身份的解构和称颂。     

军队与美国南方政治重建

本文系统论述了军队在美国南方政治重建中所起的作用.第一,军队打击了各种恐怖组织的残暴活动,维护了联邦统一,为国会民主重建南方创造了稳定的社会环境.第二,军队干预南方的行政与立法,改造了南方的政治.第三,在军队的保护下,黑人在美国历史上第一次行使选举权并步入政坛;各州通过了民主的州宪法,建立了黑白混合的州政权,南方的政治民主化进程向前进了一步.     

浅析冷战后美国国会积极影响对台决策的政治动因

台湾问题是关系到我民族复兴的重大战略问题,同时也是中美关系中最敏感、最核心的议题冷战后,美国国会影响对华对台决策的力度明显加大,成为影响美国冷战后对台决策的主要变量,并且常常扮演非常消极的角色、美国国会积极主动地影响并力图主导冷战后美国对台政策的制定主要出于其强烈的政治意愿．认清这一点对于我们认识美国在台湾问题的立场、态度,从而加强与美国国会的交流和交往,厘清台湾问题的种种干扰因素具有重要的意义。     

“Doing the Best We Could”: African American Teachers’ Counterstory on School Desegregation

National narratives on the movement to desegregate Southern schools, as construed by dominant cultural forces, focus on school desegregation from the vantage point of dominant culture; portraying school desegregation as a singular and inevitable event emanating from jurisprudence and principles of democracy, with little attention to the complexities of those most impacted. This article argues the importance of including counterstory to such narratives, specifically highlighting the narratives of African American teachers. Using qualitative methods, the study this article demonstrates how African American teachers’ personal narratives of school desegregation provide a window into the complexities of school desegregation illuminating the ways in which race, social class standing, gender, and personal relationships compounded individual support, views, resistance, and participation in the movement to desegregate Southern schools.Jeannine E. Dingus in an Assistant Professor of Margaret Warner School of Education and Human Development in University of Rochester.     

《日用家当》-美国黑人文学双重文化的反映

美国黑人文学既继承了非洲的文化传统又成长于美国文明的土壤中,有着双重文化的特点,本文通过对美国黑人文学《日用家当》的分析,透视了黑人文学中双重文化的特点。     

African–American Mentoring Program (AAMP): addressing the cracks in the graduate education pipeline

In this conceptual article, we focus on mentoring as a strategy to mend the cracks in the education pipeline for African American graduate students. Our article highlights the African American Mentoring Program (AAMP) model and examines the unique methods it uses to support the retention and graduation of African American graduate students from a university and their transition to the workforce. AAMP operates from a Transitional Cultural Framework and strives to bridge the gap between the students’ culture and the culture of the university. AAMP’s uniqueness is harnessed in its deep roots in culture, history, collectivism, and inter-generational sharing of knowledge. We end with implications and recommendations for universities and future research.