Shows
Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public CultureCritical Conversations: Tanya Saracho & Elda María Román on the 'Messiness' of Latinx Representation Playwright and Vida showrunner Tanya Saracho joins USC professor Elda María Román to talk about how Latinx representation on the stage, page and screen (both big and small) are never an easy task. Instead they invite writers to think and work through all sorts of nuance, "messiness," and breadth. Their discussion affirms how and why our identities can never be seen as monolithic. Produced and distributed by The Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Popular Culture, a faculty-led initiative at USC Dornsife. 2021-06-0738 min
IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast SeriesAren’t We American? Race, Class, Immigration, and CitizenshipHow do race and class impact what it means to be American today? What do citizenship and immigration look like in the current context of “America first” and “nationalism”? A diverse panel of experts from the University of Southern California will discuss these and other questions in this timely and critical conversation.conversation. Recorded live on USC's campus on April 14, 2019. PANELISTS Juan De Lara is an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. His most recent book, Inland Shift: Race, Space, and Capital in Southern California (2018), uses global commodity chains and logistics to examine how ra...2019-09-1852 min