Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week at SDFP, during Black History Month, we focused on Race & Racism thus this week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors and sourced writers on talking about race, why racism matters, SD’s hurtful racial narrative, how racists from the south have ruled, black girls matter too, being almost white, imagining an all female POC SCOTUS, a chosen path, the San Salvador and Junipero Serra’s domination, whites fighting racism, a poem on being brown unlike others, lots of videos on race, plus a bunch of other great articles and columns like the Chargers flipping SD the bird, Syrian Kurd leftists’ victory in Kobani, music and theater reviews and the usual plethora of OB goodies.
Race & Racism Week Articles:
Talking about Race and Racism in San Diego
By Anna Daniels
Racism Matters: Why We Do This Thing
By Doug Porter
San Diego’s Racial Unconscious: History is the Narrative that Hurts
By Jim Miller
How the Racists of the South Have Ruled This Nation from the Very Beginning
By Susan Grigsby / Daily Kos
‘Black Girls Matter’: Report Exposes System Oppression of Often-Ignored Groups
By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams
Almost White
By Bob Dorn
Can You Imagine a Supreme Court Composed Exclusively of Black Women or Latinas?By Melissa Harris-Lacewell / The Arena, Politico
A Path Chosen in Black History
By Ernie McCray
The San Salvador and Junípero Serra: Celebrating Spanish Catholic Domination
By Steven Newcomb / OB Rag
Whites Fighting Racism: What It’s About
By Ricardo Levins Morales / Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio Blog
Old Town Time Trip
By Nat Krieger
Brown unLike Me
By Emmanuel Ortiz
Race & Racism Week Videos:
Mingus – Original Faubus Fables
Eddie Huang: Asian Americans have been ‘erased from pop culture’
A Class Divided – Jane Elliot Racism experiment (Children Session)
Beyoncé & The Voices – Precious Lord
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Republicans Stand Up for Racism as Court Blocks Immigration Programs
Chargers’ Point Man Calls Out Mayor’s Malarkey On Stadium Task Force
America’s Finest City Can’t Be Bothered with Slum Lords
Chargers Hold Up Three Fingers: Read Between the Lines, San Diego
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
Fabiani Runs Roughshod Over Mayor’s Stadium Task Force
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Esslingen
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: The Lives of Girls
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: Feb 8-14
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina Promises Civic Engagement
By Barbara Zaragoza
Five Reasons Losing an NFL Football Team is Good for a City
By Bill Adams / UrbDezine
Conversion to Renewable Energy is Going Too Slow to Avoid Catastrophe – Part 3
By Frank Thomas and John Lawrence
Sometimes the Simple Things are the Most Fun
By Judi Curry
Pop Artist Mark Maze is a One-Man Electronic Dance Music Scene
By Layla Marino
It Was Syrian Kurd Leftists Who Kicked Islamic State Out of Kobani
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
The “Darrell Hammond Project” at the La Jolla Playhouse
By Alejandra Enciso Guzmán
Plastic Handgun: Experimental Dream Pop with a Rock Blasting Cap
By Layla Marino
OB Rag Contributors:
Ocean Beach Activists Join 350.org March in Oakland Urging Gov. Brown to Take Action on Climate Change
By Kim McGinley
Large Ocean Beach 22-Unit Apartment Complex on Bacon Street Up for Sale
By OB Rag Staff
OB CDC – Plans for “Wall of Names” of New Veterans Plaza Revealed
By Lois Lane
It Was Syrian Kurd Leftists Who Kicked Islamic State Out of Kobani
By Frank Gormlie
The San Salvador and Junipero Serra: Celebrating Spanish Catholic Domination
By Steven Newcomb
The Idealism and Vision of the 1976 Campaign Platform for the OB Community Planning Group
By 1976 OB Planning Group
Ocean Beach News and Updates
By OB Rag Staff
‘Some Things Never Change’- Point Loma’s Perry’s Café
By Judi Curry
Labor and the Democratic Party at Point Loma Assembly – Feb. 22nd
By OB Rag Staff
Historic Cottages of Ocean Beach on Display – Photo Gallery
By Frank Gormlie