“[D]igital testimonio. . . gives urgent and powerful voice to individual and collective Latinx experiences and allows for broader, more democratic authorship, dissemination, and reception” (508).  Although Latinx people are not a monolith but possess a large spectrum of diverse experiences, digital testimonio creates a digital writing environment for the voices of individuals who feel…

“Many African-American users filled Twitter with tears of joy emoji and newly available black praise-hand emoji. Yet, despite the removal of considerable an improper constraint at the level of code, other constraints of culture remained. As New York Times columnist Tutt (2015) rightly complained, these newcustomization options posed new problems for non-white users: “Because I’m…

 “Black scholars have long held the understanding that at times we laugh through the pain as a protective function when discussing deeply traumatic topics such as the continued violence from White supremacist systems.” Williams calls the memes “a cultural critique of White surveillance and White racial dominance” and suggests that there might be a “shifting…

“Reality is subjective, and the study of what is knowledge is an interrogation of the agreed-upon reality.” (Tekobbe 6) This reminds me of one of the features of Critical Race Theory, which is counter-storytelling or counter narratives. The stories of those whose voices aren’t often heard work to confront the dominant narrative.

“Can reconciliation exist when those who have done wrong never ask for forgiveness or acknowledge their wrongs?” (Sanchez 95) I realized early in the documentary that I had seen the film before, years ago. I’m not sure in what circumstances I came across it; either a film festival or in my research for a new…

“We usually don’t tell the other person to stop talking; we just pull out our phone and spendsome time pecking at it, leaving the other person to conclude, reasonably, that she is less important than the latest notification. When a conversation partner pulls out a phone,” or when a phone is merely visible (not even…

“I privilege and prioritize the stories of people of color and from underrepresented communities. And the thing that I’m trying to show my students all of the time is that these people are theoretical and intellectual. Their stories are viable and valuable in the institution… to be an academic or write in academia doesn’t mean…

Kristin Arola “Approaching writing pedagogy with a focus on fostering reflective practice and treating composing as culturing is not necessarily an easy path.” (Arola 282)

In Lesson 3 of McCorkle and Palmeri’s article, they discussed the ways in which teachers designed lessons where students were producing their own media. “We classified an activity as media production if students were making something like a the radio or TV broadcast even if they were not using professional tools,” they stated. However, as…

In Lesson Five of McCorkle and Palmeri’s paper, they discuss the changing access that people have to new media, specifically the way that computers will “increasingly become integrated into many kinds ofmobile devices.” In 2017, my students were asked to perform an introduction to our advisory group, where everyone’s unique personality could be spot-lighted. One…