"If you鈥檙e thinking of doing blackface for Halloween, just don鈥檛": Prof. Philip Howard contributes to The Conversation
Professor Philip Howard, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, has written an article for The Conversation titled "If you鈥檙e thinking of doing blackface for Halloween, just don鈥檛". In the piece, published October 25th, Howard discusses the recent outcry regarding NBC host Megyn Kelly, who defended blackface on-air during the Today聽show.
"The 'humour'聽and allure of these costumes flow directly from investment in settler-colonial relationships," writes Prof. Howard in part.
Dr. Philip S.S. Howard聽is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education at 91社区. His research interests are in the social formations, pedagogical processes, and epistemological frames that mediate the ways we come to know ourselves, create community, and exercise agency for social and racial justice in/through formal and informal.Professor Howard serves on the editorial board with the journal聽Whiteness and Education,聽is a Consulting Editor with the聽Canadian Journal of Education,聽and belongs to the executive team of the Black Canadian Studies Association. He recently led the SSHRC-funded project聽"The Arts Against Postracialism: Strengthening Resistance Against Contemporary Canadian Blackface", a series of outreach events seeking to strengthen resistance against contemporary Canadian blackface.
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