“The question of how one should live within a black body, within a country lost in the Dream, is the question of my life,” writes Ta-Nehisi Coates to his teenage son. In Between the WorldContinue reading
Category: Archive
Eisa’s Blog Entries from 2006-2018
Music’s Role in the Movement for Black Lives: An Interview With Robert Glasper
This interview originally appeared on Truthout.org. Music’s Role in the Movement for Black Lives: An Interview With Robert Glasper Tuesday, 04 August 2015 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Interview If you say toContinue reading
My Intersectional Life
Originally appeared on Truthout.org – My Intersectional Life By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Op-Ed | Saturday, March 21, 2015 I am a New Yorker. Ever since 9-11, I have felt like I have anContinue reading
So, So Fresh: US TV Is Starting to Reflect the US
Who remembers “The Humpty Dance“? The 1989 hit stands with the best hip-hop singles of the genre’s golden age. One of the Digital Underground song’s most quotable lines (and there are so many) is: “Samoans,Continue reading
Booty Shot
This week the queen bee of all the famous people who are famous for being famous people posed big booty-luscious for the cover of Paper Magazine. Kim Kardashian also gave full frontal, albeit with aContinue reading
Dear White People (and Black and Brown People, Too), Please Go See This Film
At the climax of Dear White People, a minstrel-style house party, complete with white students wearing blackface, causes what the media call a “race war” at elite Winchester University. At the film’s heart, however, allContinue reading
Talking Black Writers, “Bring Back Our Girls” and All the Buzz About Bridgett M. Davis’ New Book
This interview originally ran on Truthout.org. Talking Black Writers, “Bring Back Our Girls” and All the Buzz About Bridgett M. Davis’ New Book Thursday, 02 October 2014 10:28 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | InterviewContinue reading
Film Celebrates Blackness, Authenticity and the Glory of Photography
Last fall, I was thankful for Facebook. And I posted those feelings, without irony or jest, for all my friends to see. I was thankful for the images, every year, of black folk in aContinue reading
Knocking the Sense Out of Our Children
An edited version of this article ran in the July 2013 issue of Ebony magazine. Knocking the Sense Out of Us? She would send us out to get the switch. And you couldn’t come backContinue reading
My Writing Process – Blog Tour
My wonderful writer sister Bridgett Davis invited me to join this blog tour. I think it’s a terrific idea! I love that different writers, all women so far, I think, are sharing their experiences withContinue reading
Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple
This interview originally appeared on Truthout.org. Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple Tuesday, 15 April 2014 12:59 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Interview Few Americans outsideContinue reading
Mad DNA
This article appeared on Truthout.org. Mad DNA Sunday, 23 February 2014 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Op-Ed I once was a black girl. Culturally, spiritually, politically, most definitely economically, I was African inContinue reading
Passamaquoddy’s BlackBear Communications Launches Campaign to Improve Healthcare Options for Natives
This article originally ran on Indian Country Today: Passamaquoddy’s BlackBear Communications Launches Campaign To Improve Healthcare Options for Natives Eisa Ulen3/18/13To create a healthcare ad for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Passamaquoddy-owned publicContinue reading
Tlingit CEO Opens IT Company Branch in Rural Kake, Alaska
This Post Originally Ran on Indian Country Today: Tlingit CEO of Colorado-Based IT Company Opens Branch in Rural Kake Eisa Ulen2/26/13Few are unaware that the United States has suffered the most severe economic downturn sinceContinue reading
Part Three of a Wash Post Series: The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM Ahead!
This article first appeared in The Washington Post: The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM ahead! By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Published: August 21 If you?ve been following this series on summer learning, you know there areContinue reading
Batwa Medical Student Advocates for Indigenous People Of Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest
This post originally ran on Indian Country Today: A Young Batwa Medical Student Advocates for Health Care for his People Forcefully Displaced From Their Forest in Uganda Eisa Ulen2/5/13For thousands of years the Batwa peopleContinue reading
Part Two of a Wash Post Series – The Smartest Summer Ever: Hazy, but not Lazy
This first appeared in The Washington Post: The smartest summer ever: Hazy, but not lazy By Eisa Nefretari Ulen, Published: August 7, 2013 Summer time is fun time, when kids can make and sell lemonade,Continue reading
Part One of a Wash Post Series – The Smartest Summer Ever: Avoiding the Summer Slide
This first ran in The Washington Post: Helping your child overcome ?the summer slide? in learning By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Published: July 11, 2013 The final bell rings, the school doors open, and a cheeringContinue reading