鈥淭he problem with blackface鈥�: Dr. Philip Howard article on recent 鈥渂eef鈥� between Drake, Pusha-T
Professor Philip Howard, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, has contributed an article to聽The Conversation聽on the subject of the recent highly publicized 鈥渂eef鈥澛燽etween rappers Drake and Pusha-T.
Pusha T circulated a photograph that showed Canadian musician Drake wearing blackface. Professor Philip Howard, who has been leading a project researching blackface in Canada, provides an analysis of some of the issues.
鈥淏lack life today continues to be entangled in social relations that are extensions of the antiblack relations of slavery,鈥� writes Dr. Howard in part.
Dr. Philip Howard聽is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education at 成人VR视频. 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.聽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, and belongs to the executive team of the Black Canadian Studies Association.
He recently led聽the聽SSHRC-funded project 鈥�The Arts Against Postracialism: Strengthening Resistance Against Contemporary Canadian Blackface鈥�,聽a series of outreach events seeking to strengthen resistance against contemporary Canadian blackface.
