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Aug.24.2011 - 12:05 pm
Piece on confronting racism
Here's a piece I wrote recently on confronting my own racism over time.   http://sjdfd.blogspot.com/2011/08/confront-his-racist-assumptions-and.html
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Dec.14.2010 - 2:32 am
"Alec's Song" lyrics
This is for anyone struggling who needs it.   It took a long time to realize I am someone Let alone to translate it into words When the whole world seems to tell you you're...
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Jul.12.2010 - 8:03 pm
Overlapping oppressions and the gay pride parade
I'm now blogging a bit more frequently at Blogger, but I thought I'd post an essay I wrote for my (more informal) blog: http://accentonjosh.blogspot.com/2010/06/overlapping-...
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Feb.26.2010 - 8:21 am
Check out this piece I wrote, on a national blog on race
http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2010/02/perpetuate-idea-that-gay-or-lesbian_25.html
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Article: Textbook Oppositions and Alternatives: Re-Thinking the Role of Race in '60s Rock and Soul Music
Article: 2 short book reviews- Tricia Rose, Elijah Wald
Article: The Black Arts Movement and Soul Music: The Disconnect Between Forms of Black Cultural Nationalism in the 1960s

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Video: "Alec's Song," posted for It Gets Better
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Audio: Some People Say- Song
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Comments from Josh

Sep.05.2010 - 8:12 pm
In response to: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Glenn Beck? Racism and White Privilege on the Liberal-Left
Speaking of "gay is the new black"...
http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2010/02/perpetuate-idea-that-gay-...
Aug.04.2009 - 11:21 pm
In response to: Of Fireworks and False Memories: Reflections on History, Race and Nation
Thank you!
Thank you for saying this and for brilliantly illuminating flaws in American historical memory. Reading this I kept...
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About Josh

Josh Friedberg is one of the most promising young writers in America today. His writings present insightful perspectives on music, popular culture, literature, race, gender and sexuality, disability, and more. Currently an English major at Earlham College,...
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