Shana L. Redmond

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    Ferguson shows us that in contemporary America, black citizenship is not comparable to that of others and life is not secure or guaranteed.

Ferguson shows us that in contemporary America, black citizenship is not comparable to that of others and life is not secure or guaranteed.

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Late on Friday evening, a Grand Jury in Ferguson Missouri reached a decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of a black teenager, Mike Brown, in August. Shana Redmond writes that the decision is another example of the system acting to preserve itself at the expense of black communities. In the aftermath of the decision, […]

Chrysler’s advertising campaign uses Black music to remove Detroit’s labor from the city’s narrative

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In 2011, Chrysler’s advertisement for its new model 200 sedan debuted at the Super Bowl. What made this commercial different was its locating of its product in the city of Detroit, playing on and reworking its economic and cultural history. Shana Redmond argues that the advertisement is notable for the absence of both the sight and sounds of the city’s […]

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