Dr. Chi
Black Kdrama Lives Matter
Blacks around the world have become fans of a beguiling foreign media format: the Korean drama. I first started watching them during the...
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 10, 2022
- 5 min
Disney+'s Snowdrop Fail
After many trials and tribulations, Snowdrop has finally come to North America. The series comes from the screenwriter-director team, Yoo...
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Dr. Chi
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
Learning Your Mother Tongue
I love learning new languages. I took French classes all through grammar school and into high school for a total of 7 years. This basis...
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Dr. Chi
- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
On Being a ‘Hard Stick’
On multiple occasions, nurses have a difficult time finding my veins and have been called a “hard stick.” As a sociologist who recognizes...
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Dr. Chi
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Jottings
June 18, 2010 Los Angeles, CA The other day, I was walking with my friend Sergio down the street. A Black man who was sitting on a bench...
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Dr. Chi
- Oct 9, 2021
- 5 min
Squid Game: Why It Resonates around the Globe
As a new Kdrama lover, I feel vindicated seeing that Squid Game was the most-watched show of all time on Netflix. But as a sociologist, I...
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Dr. Chi
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome to my blog!
This is where I share my musings about the world….
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Dr. Chi
- Mar 9, 2021
- 4 min
Faking the Funk: When White Women Play BIPOC
Rachel Dolezal. Then, we learned about Jess “La Bombalera” Krug. Since then, there have been several examples of White women engaging in...
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Dr. Chi
- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
Christian Americans Need to Worship God not Trump
Trump in a blue suit, white shirt, and blue tie with his arms outstretched in front of a sea of people at a rally in Milwaukee. Taken...
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Dr. Chi
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
Holiday Fight for Stimulus
Did you have a Happy Halloween? It seems like many Americans did, judging by the number of Covid-19 cases since the holiday. Over the...
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Dr. Chi
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
“The 1619 Project” and Black Resistance in a Time of #BlackLivesMatter
If you ask any American when slavery began in what became the United States, they will tell you 1619. This is thanks to the...
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Dr. Chi
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
Americans Need a Bailout, Not Multinationals
Despite our extremely high numbers of infections and deaths, states have been opening up beaches, restaurants, beauty salons, and other...
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Dr. Chi
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
Race and Counting ‘The Rona’
When it comes to African Americans and Covid-19, we have been swinging from one extreme to the other. As my African American friend...
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Dr. Chi
- Feb 3, 2020
- 5 min
Two Very Blonde Latinas, Black Artist Boycott, and Erasure of Blackness in the Super Bowl
Black musicians boycotted the Super Bowl. Hell, even Afro-Latinx and Afro-Caribbeans boycotted the Super Bowl. So, the NFL brought in two...
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Dr. Chi
- Sep 7, 2019
- 2 min
“Good Place” Chidi: An African Sellout
After three seasons, there is nothing African about GP Chidi. On the show, GP Chidi was born in Senegal to Nigerian parents. This is...
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Dr. Chi
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
Interview with New Books Podcast
I was interviewed by Brazilianist and anthropologist, Reighan Gillam (USC) about my book, Boundaries of Love! Listen to the interview...
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Dr. Chi
- Jul 10, 2019
- 5 min
Being More ‘Open:’ Black Women Negotiate Dating and Marrying White Men
When I was studying at Harvard in the early 2000s, I had a black immigrant professor who had built part of his career gas-lighting...
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Dr. Chi
- May 18, 2018
- 4 min
On Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Interracial Couples and Their Multiracial Children Will Not Save
This weekend, people all around the world will be tuning in to watch the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, an American...
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Dr. Chi
- Mar 22, 2018
- 4 min
Black Panther and “Growing Up African” in Chicago
I grew up in Chicago in the 1980s and 90s in the days of Christie Brinkley as the American beauty ideal. The Jherri curl was the...
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Dr. Chi
- Dec 5, 2017
- 3 min
Dr. Stacia Gilliard-Matthews, Mi Amigona
She was my sister. As daughters of the Most High, we prayed for each other, sometimes to the point of tears. She introduced me to her...
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