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| Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in ], ] ] to ] parents. He graduated from ] with a B.A. degree in ] in June 2004. During Douglas' undergraduate days at York University he encountered racism from a racist white Jewish professor Mr. Ginsberg. Ginsberg taught a black American history course. Douglas wondered why so few black professors were teaching black studies? Douglas decided to investigate and his controversial explosive piece ] was published in NOW.<ref name>{{cite web | title =NOW magazine| url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-11-28/news_story3.php}}</ref> | Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in ], ] ] to ] parents. He graduated from ] with a B.A. degree in ] in June 2004. During Douglas' undergraduate days at York University he encountered racism from a racist white Jewish professor Mr. Ginsberg. Douglas discovered although white Jews claim to be an invisible minority they utilize their white skin privilege to discriminate against blacks. Ginsberg taught a black American history course. Douglas wondered why so few black professors were teaching black studies? Douglas decided to investigate and his controversial explosive piece ] was published in NOW.<ref name>{{cite web | title =NOW magazine| url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-11-28/news_story3.php}}</ref> | ||
| In January 2003 Ginsberg suddenly started to lower Douglas average in the history course from a B to a C. Ginsberg next claimed that Douglas political views were similar to black feminist bell books. Douglas accused Ginsberg of racism he complained to the Dean of the faculty of Arts Heather Campbell. Alternative arrangements were made for Douglas to complete the course. In the groundbreaking essay ] exposed the York University administration for their anti black racism. Douglas discovered that York University only hired 16 black professors between 1998 and 2001 out of 1248. Douglas argument was that Canada's image as a multicultural nation was a facade and reeked of white supremacy, hypocrisy, double standards, anti black racism, and white cultural domination. | In January 2003 Ginsberg suddenly started to lower Douglas average in the history course from a B to a C. Ginsberg next claimed that Douglas political views were similar to black feminist bell books. Douglas accused Ginsberg of racism he complained to the Dean of the faculty of Arts Heather Campbell. Alternative arrangements were made for Douglas to complete the course. In the groundbreaking essay ] exposed the York University administration for their anti black racism. Douglas discovered that York University only hired 16 black professors between 1998 and 2001 out of 1248. Douglas argument was that Canada's image as a multicultural nation was a facade and reeked of white supremacy, hypocrisy, double standards, anti black racism, and white cultural domination. | ||
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Orville Lloyd Douglas (born September 26 1976) is a Canadian poet and writer. His work concentrates on class, gender, pop culture, race, and sexuality.
Controversial York University Undergraduate Days
Orville Lloyd Douglas was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada to Jamaican-Canadian parents. He graduated from York University with a B.A. degree in history in June 2004. During Douglas' undergraduate days at York University he encountered racism from a racist white Jewish professor Mr. Ginsberg. Douglas discovered although white Jews claim to be an invisible minority they utilize their white skin privilege to discriminate against blacks. Ginsberg taught a black American history course. Douglas wondered why so few black professors were teaching black studies? Douglas decided to investigate and his controversial explosive piece Whitewashed Black Studies was published in NOW.
In January 2003 Ginsberg suddenly started to lower Douglas average in the history course from a B to a C. Ginsberg next claimed that Douglas political views were similar to black feminist bell books. Douglas accused Ginsberg of racism he complained to the Dean of the faculty of Arts Heather Campbell. Alternative arrangements were made for Douglas to complete the course. In the groundbreaking essay Whitewashed Black Studies exposed the York University administration for their anti black racism. Douglas discovered that York University only hired 16 black professors between 1998 and 2001 out of 1248. Douglas argument was that Canada's image as a multicultural nation was a facade and reeked of white supremacy, hypocrisy, double standards, anti black racism, and white cultural domination.
Writing career
A former book reviewer for the Toronto hip hop publication Word Magazine, Douglas has contributed to several Canadian and international publications, including The New Zealand Herald, Georgia Straight, Urban Mozaik, The Toronto Star, Xtra!, NOW and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Douglas' first volume of poetry, You Don't Know Me, was published by TSAR with typographical and spelling errors. The volume is no longer in print. The poetry collection explored many issues such as depression, identity, suicide,love, homophobia in Caribbean culture, and gay racism. Although Douglas was extremely angered, depressed, distraught, inconsolable, at the initial overall quality of the poetry collection, You Don't Know Me reached over one hundred public and university libraries worldwide in New Zealand, England, Canada, Australia, and the United States.
In 2007, Douglas' fifteen minute radio documentary "The Good Son" was broadcast across Canada on the CBC Radio One program Outfront. The first section of the documentary was an interwoven quilt of Douglas reading his poetry and interviewing his father. The second part of the documentary was a monologue as Douglas talks about his frustrations. He explores issues such as homophobia in the black community, the hypocrisy and invisible code of gay racism in the homosexual culture, heterosexual marriage, family discord, and racism against young, gay black men.
Douglas' poetry has been featured in the Wilderness House Literary Review,The Vermillion Literary Project, and Seminal (2007), the first anthology of gay male Canadian poetry.
In the essay "Shades of Blackface", published in The New Zealand Herald, Douglas criticizes Angelina Jolie for taking the female lead in the film A Mighty Heart. Douglas argues that since the real Mariane Pearl is what he terms a "bi-racial" woman an actress of similar heritage such as Thandie Newton should have had the role instead of a white actress.
He also expands his thoughts about Hollywood racism and sexism against black women in The Georgia Straight opinion article "Is White the New Black?"
Bibliography
- You Don't Know Me (2005)
Radio documentaries
- "The Good Son" - CBC Radio - 2007
References
- "NOW magazine".
- "AngrygayblackCanadianman". Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- {{cite web Worldcat record for You don't know me | url = http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/58545499&tab=holdings?loc=11005#tabs}}
- "British Library record for You don't know me".
External links
- Whitewashed Black Studies essay
- Douglas' personal website
- 2005 Xtra interview with Douglas
- Douglas' "Shades of Blackface" essay in The New Zealand Herald
- Douglas' "Is White The New Black?" article in The Georgia Straight