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On 3/1 at 4pm in the @UMBCLibrary, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of @UMBC's Media and Communication Studies Dept. w/ Jennifer Stoever (@soundingoutblog) Associate Prof. of English @binghamtonu. She will discuss the "sonic color line." #humforum18 ow.ly/45WR30ihZFE
Happy Thursday! We have a packed house as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the @UMBC Media and Communication Studies #humforum18
MCS chair @jaybolobo is introducing Jennifer Stoever of @binghamtonu and founder of @soundingoutblog #humforum18
Stoever: I am here to address the radical gap between the perception and the reality of racism in this country. #humforum18
Stoever: Sound is material and tangible. If you can hear my voice right now, you are being touched by it. #humforum18
Stoever: Whiteness became an audible way of orienting one’s body in the world. For example, minstrelsy shaped white audiences ideas of blackness. #humforum18
Stoever: Sound also became an identifier in runaway slave ads; aural markers such as “fine voice” or “hoarse voice” appeared in ads as early as the late eighteenth century. #humforum18
Stoever: The sonic color line enabled whites to locate sonic “difference” within black bodies #humforum18
Stoever: The sonic color line allowed white people to experience themselves as “white.” #humforum18
Stoever: The sonic color line places white listeners at the center of the national soundscape. #humforum18
Stoever: The “loud Latino,” “the quiet Asian,” or the “noisy Black person” are all identifiers that we have been exposed to. #humforum18
Key and Peele’s “Phone Call” sketch point out the instability of voice as a way to mark identity. #humforum18
Stoever: “Is this noise or this music?” is a question that often comes up with white people when judging black or brown music. #humforum18
Stoever: There is nothing noisier than a party you are not invited to. #humforum18
Stoever: White musicians (Eminem/Elvis/Iggy Azalea) are often lauded for crossing genres while black artists are often boxes in. #humforum18 pitchfork.com/thepitch/black…
Stoever: The S2:E1 of #OneDayataTime highlights the ground zero of Echo Park, which in the 90s was affiliated with Latinx/Black communities. New white residents attack long-term residents for being “too loud.” #humforum18
Stoever: The sonic color line often compels POC to code switch in order to enter certain situations or come out of some alive. #humforum18
Stoever: Three tips to break the sonic color line #humforum18

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