Tag: Inuit

"of the North" – Quebec filmmaker uses YouTube and unauthorized music to portray the Inuit

December 8, 2015  •  By  •  Categories:  •  Tags:
“Everything you need to know is in the first scene he picked, the scene with the nude Inuit girl sitting on the white man’s leg,” said an angry viewer as she left a theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal in disgust half-way through a festival film screening. “He’s ... read more ››

White Privilege Part II

February 22, 2002  •  By  •  Categories:  •  Tags: , , ,
[Note: A version of this essay ran in the Perspective section of the Baltimore Sun on July 4, 1999. It is a follow-up to an essay on the same subject that ran in July 1998. By writing about the politics of white privilege—and listening to the folks who responded to that ... read more ››