Tag: ethnicity
When It’s Time to Protest, Are You On the Right Side...
A protest has the extraordinary ability to shed light on the fractured internal relations of our country.
Meghan Markle Is More Than “Descended From Slaves”
To say that Markle is descended from slaves on her maternal side, solely, is to deny the truth.
Democrats, Leave the Racist Dog-Whistling to Republicans
Virginia's gubernatorial race demonstrates that just because Republicans campaign using fear and anger does not mean you should too.
“The Home Place”: Persnickety Plot Paralyzes Political Play
An overreaching, over-plotted play about a rising working class and the landed gentry.
At 40, Spiderwoman Theater Remains Emblem of Native Spirit
"If we're going to write a Native story, we have Native people in it."
What Is American About American Art?
Glenn Ligon’s "I Am a Man" is a great American painting.
4 Forces Ready to Fight for DREAMers and Save DACA
How Business Leaders and Politicians have Responded to Trumps Attack on Immigrants
Peer Gynt and the Norwegian Hapa Band Rocks Out
Though rock is native neither to Norway nor to Hapa bands, the idea is fascinating.
Does Santa Always Have To Exist?
When you grow up as a first generation American, you don't always believe in Santa Claus, and that's okay.
Online Test: Casting Assumptions
Is your first thought your best when it comes to diversity?
Actress Miki Yamashita on Diversity and Invisibility
Can't find Asian-American actors? They're right in front of you.
Kennedy Center Reviews Honors Awarding Process
Felix Sanchez's earlier criticism of shunning Latino performers pushed the review envelope.
The Kennedy Center Honors: Deliberately Anti-Latino?
If you believe the twin imperatives of merit and diversity are distinct, that is.
Native American Art Exhibit Recalls Dakota War of 1862
Twenty American Indian artists' works relive the Minnesota conflict on its 150-year anniversary.
5 Questions I’ve Never Been Asked: Fay Ann Lee
"I think 'Ching Chong Chinaman' is a brilliant title, Lee says. "It makes everyone stop in their tracks..."
Sail of the Century: Donal O’Kelly On Frederick Douglass and ‘The...
Pivoting off a famous Frederick Douglass quote, actor-writer Donal O'Kelly says, "I see how our job as artists is to help craft the demand which power must concede."
National Asian American Theater Festival to Run Oct. 13-18
More than 100 Asian-American theater artists will converge for a panoply of performances.