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Thoughts on Part Three of ‘Black in Latin America’: Brazil

The third episode of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates’ four-part documentary, Black in Latin America, takes place in my current country of residence: Brazil. He uncovers part of the mystique of this exotic, exoticized country by visiting favelas in Salvador and Rio, beauty salons in Belo Horizonte, and historical sites in Recife and Diamantina, discussing […]

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Fly Brother in NYC

Hello good people: I’ve been in New York this week taking a much-needed vacation and finally decided to stop trying to force myself to sit still long enough to finish my assessments on the last two episodes of Black in Latin America. I fly to Portland, Oregon, tomorrow evening to attend the World Domination Summit

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Thoughts on Part Two of ‘Black in Latin America’: Cuba

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates’ PBS series Black in Latin America looks into the African element of Latin American societies and investigates both the accomplishments and disappointments of Afro-Latinos in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. In the second instalment of the series, he visits the largest of the Greater Antilles, sitting

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Thoughts on Part One of ‘Black in Latin America: Haiti & the DR’

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, star professor of African-American studies at Harvard University, has just completed a four-part documentary on the African diaspora in Latin America – titled ‘Black in Latin America – that’s currently airing on PBS (last episode, tomorrow night). He’s visited Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to shed light

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Thoughts of an American Expatriate After a Spur-of-the-Moment Weekend Trip Home

•    Everything is so clean. •    Everything is so cheap. •    There are indeed a few loud, obnoxious American douchebags. Conversely, most Americans are friendly, polite, and helpful. •    Products come in too much unnecessary packaging. •    The weather couldn’t be any more pleasant than in Northeast Florida in spring. •    At 72, my mother

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Ernest White II