Remembering "The Colored Waiting Room" and the "Myth" of a Culture of Distraction on the January 30th 'Left of Black'

Remembering"The Colored Waiting Room" and the "Myth" of a Culture of Distraction   on the January 30th'Left of Black'
Left ofBlack Hostand Duke University Professor MarkAnthony Neal is joined via Skype© by University of Pennsylvania professor,author, and musician Guthrie Ramsey.Neal and Ramsey discuss the release of The Colored Waiting Room ,a new recording from Ramsey's band Dr.Guy's MusiQology.  The twoscholars discuss the idea of  "coloredwaiting rooms" as metaphors for the private aspects of Black culture and howcritical such spaces were to the cultivation of  Black culture.  Later,Neal is joined in the Left of Blackstudio by Cathy Davidson, professorof Interdisciplinary studies and English at Duke University.  Davidson isthe author  of Now YouSee It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live,Work, and Learn The Duke colleagues discussthe impact of digital technology in the classroom and whether infants are awareof race.
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Left of Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on the Ustreamchannel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/left-of-black. Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitterconversation with Neal and featured guests while the show airs using hash tags#LeftofBlack or #dukelive. 
Left of Blackis recorded and produced at the JohnHope Franklin Center of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at DukeUniversity.
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Follow Left of Black onTwitter: @LeftofBlackFollow Mark Anthony Neal onTwitter: @NewBlackManFollow Guthrie Ramsey onTwitter: @DrGuyMusiQology Follow Cathy Davidson onTwitter: @CathyNDavidson
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