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Boston's first-annual Black Arts Festival--an amalgamation of song, drama and guest speakers--kicks off tonight in Lowell Lecture Hall with a special performance of "Songs We Can't Sing," the original musical written and directed by Derrick N. Ashong...
...recognizing black arts, we look at how black people identify themselves; usually we see how others identify black people," Ashong said...
Harvard's black arts community is particularly strong this year, according to Ashong...
...have a critical mass of artistic talent on campus--unapologetic talent from people who want to go into the profession. The time is right for this to happen," Ashong said...
...recent debate about the role of ethnic groups at Harvard, panelist Derrick N. Ashong '97 asked how many people in the audience were familiar with two cultures in addition to their own. He was prompting us to explore the events of campus ethnic organizations. But which culture could I say was my own? The Swiss culture of my relatives, the American culture I grew up in or my grandfather's Puerto Rican heritage? I am not familiar with each of these cultures although together they comprise my ethnicity. Do I have the responsibility to learn about all three of these...