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It's another edition of Midday Culture Connections, with Dr. Sheri Parks. Today we’re asking the question: what is courage? From sacred texts to screenplays to the daily news, our culture is filled with references to courage as an element of character that makes a person worthy of respect. We see courage in the physical bravery of soldiers and first responders. But courage is also the moral strength to do what’s right, when doing so can be hard, or dangerous.Today, we’ll look for examples of courage in the Central American migrants now suffering at the southern US border…in political leaders who’ve put principle above party…and in victims who’ve found the strength to forgive great wrongs.And we’ll ask: what does courage mean to you?Midday’s senior producer Rob Sivak, sitting in for Tom Hall, is joined today, as we are each month on this series, by Dr. Sheri Parks, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. Also with us in the studio is Dr. Ana Patricia Rodriguez. She is an associate professor of U.S-Latino and Central American Literature at the University of Maryland College Park. Dr. Rodriguez left El Salvador as a child when her family emigrated to the United States. She has been closely involved with the immigrant community through her volunteer work as a Spanish interpreter for asylum-seeking migrants, and her work with the children of undocumented immigrant families here in Maryland.This conversation was livestreamed on WYPR’s Facebook page, and you can watch the video here.The audio clip of Eva Kor in today's program was taken from a longer 2015 Google Talk conversation with Eva Kor and Ted Green, director of the documentary ----Eva,---- and moderated by Mike Abrams.

It’s Midday Culture Connections with Dr. Sheri Parks of the MD Inst Coll of Art. Today, we are joined by Donna Brazile, a political strategist, and the former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee. She’s the co-author of a book that chronicles the rise of her and three other African American women to the highest levels of the Democratic Party. It’s called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics.Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. She joins us every month for Midday Culture Connections.

On today's Midday Culture Connections with Dr. Sheri Parks: a conversation about believability, empathy and victimhood. Baltimore Police say that the murder of a Harford County Engineer, Jacqueline Smith late last year was not, as her husband claimed, committed by two panhandlers. Instead, the husband and his daughter are charged with the crime. The actor Jussie Smollett is facing felony charges for claiming that he was the victim of a violent attack in Chicago. Police there have brought to light evidence that the actor may have staged his own attack.Initially, we may have empathized with Smith and Smollett. But does our empathy actually get in the way of our making rational, moral decisions. Amid complaints of “fake news” and widespread distrust of police and public institutions, who can we believe?Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She's the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. Dr. Parks is a regular contributor to this program, joining us on the first Tuesday of the month for Midday Culture Connections.

We begin with a look at the history of African Americans in Horror movies. On Thursday, Shudder TV will premiere a terrific new documentary called, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. The film offers a fresh, fearless and affectionately humorous ethnographic examination into representations and contributions of African Americans in this popular genre. Tananarive Due is educator, author and exectutive producer of 'Horror Noire'. She joins Tom and Dr. Sheri Parks from NPR's studios in New York. Later, a conversation about of God on television. Why it is that even as society becomes more secular, the Almighty continues to command heavenly ratings?Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Inititatives at the Maryland Institutie College of Art, and a reuglar contributor to our show on Midday Culture Connections. She's the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a legacy form the Sacred Dark Feminie to the Strong Black Woman. Our conversation was streamed live on WYPR's Facebook page. You can watch the live video here.

On today's Midday Culture Connection, Dr. Sheri Parks joins us for a conversation about anti-immigration politics in America.We start by discussing a caravan of migrants that left Honduras through Guatamela and Mexico toward the US border on Oct. 12. The group of Central American migrants has quickly become the target of attacks from President Donald Trump and has stoked anti-immigrant sentiment in the days leading up to the 2018 midterm elections. We examine the history of racial hysteria and anti-immigration rhetoric and how xenophobia is used as a political weapon during times of social change and economic uncertainty. Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. Dr. Parks is a regular contributor to this program, joining us each month for an installment of Midday Culture Connections.

On today’s Midday Culture Connection with Dr. Sheri Parks: a conversation about sexual assault in education. When Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, not only was it another pivot point in the #MeToo Movement, it also afforded a window into a culture of drinking and bad conduct among privileged young people in the 1980s. Was that culture of privilege and excess substantially different from the 1970s or 1960s? Did the culture change in the next millennium at elite private high schools and the nation’s most exclusive colleges and universities? Are students aware of their rights under what’s known as Title IX? And given that so many assaults are not reported to campus police or local law enforcement, do we even have a handle on the scope of the problem, and what we might do to alleviate it? Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. She’s a regular contributor to this program, joining us on the first Tuesday of the month for Midday Culture Connections.

On this installment of Midday Culture Connections: we look at one of the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade that might not immediately come to mind: modern business management. A new book looks at how the pecuniary practices of slave owners have endured and how those practices continue to inform capitalism. Caitlin C. Rosenthal, an Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley in California, details the correlation between modern finance and chattel slavery in her new book Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management. She joins us on the line from her office in Berkeley. Plus, a conversation about the cities and industries profiting from the increase in what’s become the big business of detaining immigrants and asylum seekers. Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman, and she joins us on the first Tuesday of the month for Midday Culture Connections. She is also the host of Beyond the Ballot here on WYPR, which airs twice a month on Thursday afternoons during All Things Considered.

On today’s, edition of Midday Culture Connections with Dr. Sheri Parks, we examine some of the stories making headlines across the country.We begin to with a look at the cognitive effects of violent video games and the Military’s stake in the multi-billion dollar industry of gaming. Following the deadly May 18th shooting at Santa Fe High School, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick cited violent video games as a contributing factor to the national epidemic of deadly violence and apathy in our culture, reigniting the debate on the psychological effects of violent video games on our children, specifically young boys. Serena Williams returned to the French Open last week after 14 months of maternity leave. In keeping with WTA policy, the former world number one entered into the grand slam tournament unseeded. Serena’s experience has many questioning not only the WTA’s policies towards new mothers; but also, the broader politics of women and pregnancy in the workplace.Finally, the Trumpian era has been marked by political tension, social tumult and temerarious tweets. It is an era of fraught with class and racial division, violent identity politics and targeted attacks on the media. These deep societal fissures came to a head this week, as comediennes Samantha Bee and Roseanne Barr became the mascots for America’s new ‘culture wars’ . Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and a regular contributor to our show on Midday Culture Connections. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman.

It’s Midday Culture Connections. Today, we examine the mini-firestorms that have erupted over the past week surrounding journalist, a comedian and a rapper. Kanye West set the Twittersphere alight with a series of pro-Trump tweets that led more than a few people to question the rapper’s mental health, and even challenge his “Blackness.”Comedian Michelle Wolf has come under fire for her biting “roast” at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. And, MSNBC host Joy Reid’s journalistic ethics have been called into question.Dr. Sheri Parks is about to become the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at the MD Inst College of Art. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. Joining Sheri and Tom in Studio A, is Dr. Stanford Carpenter. He’s a Cultural Anthropologist, a comic book creator and a political consultant. He serves on the board of the Black Comic Arts Festival, and his work can be found in the recently published Black Comix Returns.

Black artists are enjoying more mainstream success behind the camera as well as on the screen, in roles crafted to speak to the entirety of the black experience throughout the African Diaspora. Perhaps no film embodies that truth more so than Black Panther. The latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been smashing box office records around the world, and thus far, has grossed nearly $900 million world-wide.On today’s edition of Midday Culture Connections with Dr. Sheri Parks, we reflect on the history of race, representation and inclusivity in the world of comics, and how Black Panther has flipped the script on feminism in film.From problematic caricatures steeped in racist stereotypes for the consumption of white audiences, to King T’Challa, the billion dollar box office powerhouse; it appears we are seeing an important evolution of Black comic book characters. Sheri Parks is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at the Univ of Maryland College Park. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman.And from the studios of WBEZ in Chicago, Dr. Stanford Carpenter joins us. He’s a cultural anthropologist, comic book creator, and scholar of comic books. He serves on the board of the annual Black Comic Arts Festival, and Pocket-con a convention that focuses on comics for young boys and girls of color

Illinois US Senator Tammy Duckworth made headlines recently when she announced that she would be expecting her second child this spring. She will become the first sitting Senator to give birth. While her announcement might be an historic first for Congress, Sen. Duckworth is one of 25 million working mothers in the United States.The #MeToo movement has given voice to women from assembly lines to corner offices around the persistence of sexual harassment and assault. While working mothers with children under the age of 18 make up for a third of the women in the labor force, many women face workplace discrimination based on pregnancy. More than 30,000 claims of discrimination were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission between 2010 and 2015. 3,000 claims were filed just last year. New mothers also face obstacles when it comes to breastfeeding with fewer than 40 percent of women having adequate break time or access to acceptable nursing facilities on the job.We take a look at the politics of pregnancy in the workplace. Do women still have to choose between starting a family and pursuing a career? And what protections are afforded expectant mothers by their employers under the law?Dr. Sheri Parks joins us in studio A for Midday Culture Connections on the first Tuesday of every month. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman. Michelle Chen joins us on the phone from New York. She is a contributor to The Nation, and host of Dissent Magazine’s podcast, Belabored.

"I hope you can let this go," Donald J. Trump reportedly said to the former FBI director James Comey regarding th"e bureau's investigation of Trump's former national security adviser Mike Flynn. Was the president trying to obstruct justice? Today on the show, Dan talks Trump with commentators Melissa Deckman and Sheri Parks.Melissa Deckman is the Louis L. Goldstein Professor of Public Affairs and chair of the political science department at Washington College. She is the author of, "Tea Party Women: Mama Grizzlies, Grassroots Leaders, and the Changing Face of the American Right."Sheri Parks is associate dean for the College or Arts and Humanities, an associate professor of American Studies, and founding director of the Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy at the University of Maryland at College Park. Parks is the author of "Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman." She is a regular commentator on American culture for Roughly Speaking.

Dr. Sheri Parks joins Tom for Midday Culture Connections to the sexual assault allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men in and outside Hollywood. Dr. Parks is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park, and the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman.

Today, another installment of the Midday Culture Connection with Dr. Sheri Parks of the University of Maryland. Sheri is an Associate Dean for Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Programming at the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland College Park, where she is also an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies . She?s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman . We?re joined by Dr. Brittney Cooper , an assistant professor of women and gender studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University in Brunswick, New Jersey. She is also the author of a new book called Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women . Dr. Cooper?s book explores the history of black women as intellectuals. The 19th and 20th century ?Race Women? she tells us about are often thought of as activists rather than public intellectuals. Their scholarship and achievements are often overshadowed by

Today, another installment of the Midday Culture Connection with Dr. Sheri Parks of the University of Maryland. Sheri is an Associate Dean for Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Programming at the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of MD College Park, where she is also an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies . She?s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman . We?re joined by Dr. Brittney Cooper , an assistant professor of women and gender studies at Rutgers University in Brunswick, New Jersey. She is also the author of a new book called Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women . Dr. Cooper?s book chronicles the history of black women intellectuals. The 19 th and 20 th century ?Race Women? she tells us about are often thought of as activists rather than public intellectuals. Their achievements have been largely overshadowed by Black men like W.E.B Dubois and