Race & Ethnicity
Anti-Racism Resources
This page contains information on how to build an anti-racist society. Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership (IDEAL) continues to provide resources to the Temple University campus community on dismantling systems of oppression. This page features various articles, books, videos, etc. that focus on building an anti-racist society. This list is updated frequently. View the resource.
Temple Education Abroad
No two students studying abroad ever have quite the same experience, even in the same program and country. This same variety is true for students of color and those from U.S. minority ethnic or racial backgrounds. Temple's Education Abroad Office provides questions to ask, resources, and past student perspectives. View the resource.
Studying Abroad as a Black Student Webinar
Watch this engaging conversation with recent Black study abroad alumni and international students, who discussed their experiences, their accomplishments, and the importance of engaging in global education. Panelists reflected on their expectations and preparations for living in a different culture, as well as how their time abroad affected their understanding of identity within a global context and prepared them for future success. View the resource.
Diversity & Democracy Periodical
The Association of American Colleges & Universities releases frequent issues of its periodical Diversity & Democracy, which explores conversations regarding the representation of students across many disciplines. View the resource.
Student Blogs
- Difference | Navigating Rome as a Student of Color: Read about the study abroad experience of Temple University Rome alumnus, Cahleb Derry. Cahleb provides a realistic perspective and some encouraging words of wisdom. View the resource.
- On Being an Asian Living in Italy: "Outward appearance is something that can’t be changed, and stereotyping is inevitable." Judy Lee from NYU shares her study abroad perspective in Florence. View the resource.
Haircare in Rome
The following locations specialize in curly and kinky hair:
- DJ Barbershop: Via Della Pelliccia, 45/B, 00153 Roma RM
- Lookmaker: Piazza Barberini, 47/1°PIANO, 00187 Roma RM
- Wandy GIL Barbershop: Largo Leopardi, 20, 00185 Roma RM, Phone: 345-119-1177
- Beleza Pura: Via di Boccea, 37 (Cornelia metro stop) 00167 ROMA, Phone: 388.99.92.358
In addition, you can get cosmetic items from the following shops:
Afro-Italian Resources
Activism
Griot Magazine
Johanne Affricot is the Owner + Founder + Creative Director of this great platform that features artists of the African Diaspora. View the resource.
Afropean Journal
The Afropean is an online multimedia, multidisciplinary journal exploring the social, cultural and aesthetic interplay of black and European cultures, and the synergy of styles and ideas brought about because of this union. View the resource.
Afroitalian Power Initiative
Cecile Kyenge is the first Afroitalian Minister who launched a new movement in Modena called the Afroitalian Power Initiative. View the resource.
Work by Camilla Hawthorne
Camilla Hawthorne is an Afroitalian professor at UC Santa Cruz. Her current research "explores the politics of Blackness and citizenship in Italy." In this project, Hawthorne "examines the ways in which the Italian-born children of African immigrants have mobilized for a reform of Italian citizenship law in the context of the Eurozone economic crisis and the southern European refugee emergency."
Hawthorne contributed also to the 2009 Africa is a Country project. View her work.
View her articles Italians with veils and Afros: gender, beauty, and the everyday anti-racism of the daughters of immigrants in Italy (note: you must log in with your Temple credentials) and Contesting Race and Citizenship: Youth Politics in the Black Mediterranean.
Work by Igiaba Scego
Igiaba Scego is an Afroitalian author and professor. The following resources are translated in English:
Future. Il domani narrato dalle voci di oggi is available only in Italian.
Work by Angelica Pesarini
Angelica Pesarini is an Afroitalian professor at NYU Florence and she teaches a course called Black Italia. She co-published a handbook entitled 2020, The Palgrave International Handbook of Mixed Racial and Ethnic Classification. This chapter Mixed Identities in Italy: A Country in Denial. "critically considers to what extent ‘race’ is at the core of the legislative and discursive foundation of Italian national identity and citizenship. It underlines some country-specific reasons why the use of ‘mixed race’ in today’s Italy appears to be particularly problematic and why any actual debate on race has been foreclosed from the current Italian public and political spheres." View the Citizenship, Racism And Belonging in Contemporary Italian Political Discourse: A lecture by sociologist Angelica Pesarini, NYU Florence.
My Queer Blackness, My Black Queerness
“My Queer Blackness, My Black Queerness” is an ongoing digital project in exploration of the multiple existing facets of black queer identity. It is a protest , a celebration that frames blackness as a polyphony, a genre or melody with a vast variety of notes & textures, denouncing both white queer racism and black queer antagonism by way art , film and literature through fundraising, journal entries & films screenings. View the resource.
Articles, Podcasts, Books, and Movies
History of Alessandro De Medici
"Despite the many portraits of this 16th century Italian Renaissance figure, his African heritage is rarely, if ever, mentioned." (PBS)
