We have chosen a variety of levels of readings for specific purposes for each reading groups this semester. While people are welcome to attend any that appeal to them, we are including notes about the purpose and nature of each of the readings in hopes of making the events as accessible and transparent as possible.

The Black Disability Studies Reading Group will preview some of the voices, texts, and ideas leading up to the April symposium. Please let us know if you would like support to access the readings or ideas. CW - specific discussion about the violences of racism interacting with ableism and other oppression.

2/23 Readings:
Chris Bell - "Is Disability Studies Actually White Disability Studies"
Theri Pickens - “Blue Blackness, Black Blueness: Making Sense of Blackness and Disability” Theri A. Pickens, from AAR 50.2 or other work by Pickens
Jennifer Barclay's "The Greatest Degree of Perfection: Disability and the Constitution of Race in American Slave Law"

3/23 Readings:
Diana Louis - “Bitch you Must Be Crazy: Representations of Mental Illness in Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Consider Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf”
Leroy Moore - Select articles on police brutality against black disabled people.
Sami Schalk - "Metaphorically Speaking: Ableist Metaphors in Feminist Writing"

4/13 Reading:
"Developing and Reflecting on a Black Disability Studies Pedagogy: Work from the National Black Disability Coalition"

PDFs and/or links to the articles will be made available upon submission of this RSVP form.