🎧 Episode 44: White Affirmative Action (Seeing White, Part 13) | Scene on Radio

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When it comes to U.S. government programs and support earmarked for the benefit of particular racial groups, history is clear. White folks have received most of the goodies. By John Biewen, with Deena Hayes-Greene of the Racial Equity Institute and recurring series partner Chenjerai Kumanyika.

Affirmative action is really best framed as White affirmative action…

After listening to most of this series and really appreciating the work that has gone into it, I wish there were an online lecture series version of Deena Hayes-Greene’s work for the Racial Equity Institute. I’d love to hear a longer version of what they’ve done without needing to travel. Ideally it could be done as a paid series of lectures along the lines of what The Great Courses does (perhaps as history/sociology lectures?) or some other similar group that could produce it well with accompanying learning materials, but also done in a way to help underwrite and spread their work. I’d definitely pay for it.

🎧 Episode 42: My White Friends (Seeing White, Part 12) | Scene on Radio

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For years, Myra Greene had explored blackness through her photography, often in self-portraits. She wondered, what would it mean to take pictures of whiteness? For her friends, what was it like to be photographed because you’re white? With another conversation between host John Biewen and series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika.

Photo: Matt Geesaman, Chicago, 2009. By Myra Greene.

[transcript]

There’s term in marketing and advertising called markedness. Markedness says, that which is marked is different, that which is unmarked is normal.

Deena Hayes-Green, of the Racial Equality Institute

It’s interesting to see this word “marked” defined in a modern advertising sense and comparing it with the word “stamped” in the quote “The ‘inequality of the white and black races’ was ‘stamped from the beginning'” from Jefferson Davis on April 12, 1860 on the floor of the U.S. Senate as quoted by Ibram X. Kendi in his book Stamped from the Beginning.

So now you’re combining Frisbee and golf. I mean, how much whiter can you get than that?!

—John Biewen, host of Seeing White

🎧 Episode 41: Danger (Seeing White, Part 11) | Scene on Radio

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For hundreds of years, the white-dominated American culture has raised the specter of the dangerous, violent black man. Host John Biewen tells the story of a confrontation with an African American teenager. Then he and recurring guest Chenjerai Kumanyika discuss that longstanding image – and its neglected flipside: white-on-black violence.

👓 Lawsuits targeting business websites over ADA violations are on the rise | Los Angeles Times

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Hotels, retailers and other businesses are increasingly the target of lawsuits for failing to make their websites compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

👓 Add Secure Authentication to your WordPress Site in 15 Minutes | Okta Developer

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👓 Famous “Wild West” Novelist Zane Grey Died in Altadena 79 Years Ago Tuesday | Altadena Now

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Famed American author Zane Grey died too soon.

The Altadena resident, who passed away from heart failure on October 23, 1939, still remains a presence in the region.

Renowned for his “Wild West” storytelling, Zane composed volumes of work that were later produced into motion pictures after migrating to California from Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he was born and raised.

👓 Altadena Filming Committee submits report on filming permit accountability | Altadena Filming

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The Altadena Filming Committee has prepared a report addressing accountability in Los Angeles County’s filming permit approval and enforcement processes. The report was prepared in response to the issue raised most often to the Committee: the lack of accountability by County departments.

👓 What 2018 Election Results Mean for California Climate Policy | ColoradoBoulevard.net

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The midterm elections produced some big wins for California (and therefore national) climate policy.

👓 The Complexity of Pasadena Housing Crisis | ColoradoBoulevard.net

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While it is not surprising that the issue of housing is the number one concern brought before the...

👓 Illegal and Dirty Election Tricks in Pasadena and Altadena | ColoradoBoulevard.net

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Illegal inserts found inside the print edition of ColoradoBoulevard.net in Pasadena and Altadena (Photo – Staff). The “No on 10” campaign is accused of spreading misi...

👓 You Think Your Vote Doesn’t Count? Read This! | ColoradoBoulevard.net

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Five votes. That’s the number of votes that finally put Denise Menchaca over the top to win a seat on the San Gabriel City Council in 2016. But those five votes came at the end of a long and torturous road. By Cher...

👓 CA Housing Shortage to Flip House and Senate? | ColoradoBoulevard.net

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As the midterm election nears this coming Tuesday, California’s restrictive housing policies in its urban job centers could play a central role.

👓 Three Historical Designations Approved in Pasadena | ColoradoBoulevard.net

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Perhaps dwarfed by being on the eve of the significant 2018 mid-term elections, the Monday night meeting of the Pasadena City Council had only six peop...

👓 Private IVF clinics urged to stop charging for expensive add-ons | Society | The Guardian

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Fertility experts criticise use of optional extras that do not increase chance of pregnancy