Author of Post-Mandarin: Masculinity and Aesthetic Modernity. Vanderbilt Asian Studies and English. Tweets mine
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This is good news. We need more local businesses that activate #MusicRow and the #Edgehill neighborhood.
Developers and business folk, notice how busy the Well Coffeehouse gets.
The owners of longstanding West Nashville Turkish restaurant Anatolia have paid $4.1 million for a Music Row property for which they plan a restaurant. nashvillepost.com/business/d…
Sotormayor concludes, "The majority’s vision of race neutrality will entrench racial segregation in higher education because racial inequality will persist so long as it is ignored." #AffirmativeAction
A worthy read from @propublica: how EPA failures + air pollution = "sacrifice zones" of black communities
propublica.org/article/toxma…
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Hope to see you there!!!
Friends and Neighbors!
We are excited to have Khalil Ekulona moderating our panel! As well as the current president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack join us this weekend!
Reminder you can purchase tickets here: eventbrite.com/.../save-the-…...
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Participatory Budget submissions are open. PB came about after years of community members advocating for ways to influence Metro's funding decisions to better fund community priorities, esp in historically neglected areas. MHRC will host 2 info&idea submission sessions this week.
A job posting for Vanderbilt’s English dept! Please spread the word, apply, and send any questions!
DELIGHTED that the English dept at Vanderbilt is hiring a TT assistant prof working on race/empire/diaspora with a pre 1900 emphasis. Please circulate widely, and apply! Happy to answer ??s apply.interfolio.com/11376 #ShakeRace #RaceB4Race
Remarkable. Performances also this Friday and Saturday.
The September 15 Trailblazing Women concert is the first of the Crescendo Club’s YP Nights of the 2022/23 season!
Just $10 will get you access to the pre-concert networking social, a free drink and a ticket to see the world-class Nashville Symphony!
🎟️ NashvilleSymphony.org/YPNigh…
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To all academics and supporters of Asian American Studies: send positive energy to the inaugural gathering of Asian Americanists in the U.S Southeast starting today. Follow the conversation #SoutheastAAS! Registration: go.unc.edu/SCAAS
Here is Saturday's schedule:
Corporate profits from housing = less affordable housing.
Home ownership and the 'American Dream' are crushed by Real Estate Investment Trusts tennesseelookout.com/2022/08… via @TNLookout
Check out my interview with the wonderful artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen @dia_CRITICS.
dvan.org/2022/08/unburied-so…
A thread on #AfterYang, adapted from Alexander Weinstein’s short story, “Saying Good-Bye to Yang.” The racial tensions in the short story emerge against the backdrop of a US invasion of North Korea. 1/13
If the house is tidy enough for K’s meticulous shots (think of the beautifully drying clothes), then it’s Yang doing the household work for K and the audience. 12/13