TaRessa Stovall is an Atlanta-based writer specializing in intersectional identities. Her most recent book is a memoir, “SWIRL GIRL: Coming of Race in the USA.” Follow her on Twitter @taressatalks or email [email protected].
TaRessa Stovall
By TaRessa Stovall
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Culture ‘Once We Were Slaves’ examines fluidity of race through a Jewish lens
Have you heard the story of the Jewish mother and children who were born enslaved in the Caribbean and became some of the wealthiest Jews in New York? Professor Laura Arnold Leibman was researching Jewish communities in Barbados when she discovered two small ivory portraits belonging to a Jewish heiress from New York. She traced…
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Culture ‘A chance to change the world’ — new initiative to elevate voices and experiences of Jews of Color
A new initiative to recover, study and elevate the voices and experiences of Jews of Color in the United States is launching at the University of Colorado Boulder with the support of a three-year, $250,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. “Jews of Color: Histories and Futures” is spearheaded by Samira K. Mehta, assistant professor…
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News Jews of Color call for community to get on right side of history – and present
How does the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy apply to equity, diversity, and inclusion in Jewish communities? A panel of Jewish changemakers all hailing from different racial backgrounds tackled that question at the MLK, Jr. Day – Jewish Social Justice Summit 2022 held online Sunday, Jan. 16, by the Atlanta Jews of Color Council….
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News Lani Guinier drew on her Black and Jewish roots in a life of outspoken activism
Lani Guinier, the daughter of a white Jewish mother and Black Panamanian father whose nomination by President Clinton to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was opposed by mainstream Jewish organizations, died on Friday. Guinier, who went on to become the first Black woman on the Harvard Law School faculty as…
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Culture On HBO, basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire’s journey to Orthodox Judaism
When basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire was a child, his mother told him that they were from “the lost tribes of Israel.” While her reference was to a Hebrew Israelite group, her words planted the seed that would lead him to Orthodox Judaism. Stoudemire’s decade-long journey from a six-time all-star forward in the NBA to his…
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Culture Mizrahi documentary is personal and political homage to hope and resistance
Michale Boganim grew up hearing her father’s stories of migrating from Morocco to Israel, only to be blindsided by blatant discrimination in the Promised Land. One of many who journeyed from North Africa, the Middle East, and parts of the Caucasus to Israel in search of brotherhood and opportunity, Charlie Boganim responded by becoming a…
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Culture ‘Blewish’ celebrates Black and Jewish intersectionality through children’s animation
What happens when you mix Black and Jewish identity with animation artistry and the drive to take intersectional representation up a few notches? You get Ezra Edmond’s debut children’s short film, “Blewish,” which is having its world premiere at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. Edmond, who is in his early thirties, is a Los…
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Culture For Sephardic Jews, Portuguese citizenship offers keys to tradition, heritage and pride
For a good part of their history, Jews were a stateless people, repeatedly finding themselves fleeing or expelled from countries even long after they had put down roots. Now, some of those nations are offering citizenship to Jews, regardless of their present nationality, to make amends for centuries of persecution. Portugal is among these nations….
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