Our Stories: Interview with Gwen Ragsdale
Listen to an audio interview with Gwen Ragsdale conducted by Elaine Jones with Our Stories WJYN 98.5 FM – UPTOWN RADIO !!! http://philadelphiauptowntheater.org/radio/showlibrary/081316a_ourstoriesourtruth.mp3
Peculiar Relationships by Gwen Ragsdale
Peculiar Relationships is a fictional and semi-autobiographical novel based on the evolving relationships and interactions between black women and white women from slavery, to current day. A series of first person narratives describe how their shared gender, close proximity, dual tasks, positions of power, or lack thereof led these females
The Case For Reparations
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole. This article, The Case For Reparations, is a stark reminder and the most comprehensive writing
“Nigger” What Does This Word Mean to You?
Where did the term “NIGGER” Originate? The word ‘Nigger’ was created during slavery by oppressors of African Americans. The word was used to demean and dehumanize blacks. It was associated with the falsely created perception that blacks were inferior, lazy, ugly, thieving, good-for-nothing clowns. Today, many blacks use the “nigger” word
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