[Antiracism] Platanos & Collard Greens - SAVE THE DATE

[Mishy Leiblum]

***Please forward widely***

Platanos and Collard Greens
www.platanosandcollardgreens.com
Wednesday, February 15th 2006 @ 8pm
Bowker Auditorium @ UMass-Amherst
Free and Open to the Public

"I've been waiting for this play for 35 years." -- FELIPE LUCIANO, original 
member of the Last Poets and Chairman of the Young Lords

In honor of Black History Month, we would like to invite you to join us for 
a performance of Platanos and Collard Greens: an intellectual, romantic 
comedy that examines stereotypes, cultural differences and similarities 
between Blacks and Latinos.

Platanos & Collard Greens tells the story of two college students, Freeman, 
an African-American man, and Angelita, a Latina woman, both forced to 
confront and overcome cultural and racial prejudices, while defending their 
bond from the biases held by family and friends.

Platanos tactfully addresses stereotypes, prejudices, and urban myths that 
exist between African-Americans and Latinos within the context of Hip Hop, 
humor, and satire. The play encourages the audience to evaluate the 
stereotypes of Black men as freakishly endowed and Latino women as sexually 
insatiable hot mulattas and aesthetic superiors. Playwright David Lamb 
displays these common yet outrageous viewpoints while humorously and deftly 
shooting them down and poetically exposing them justly as misrepresentations 
of reality. The audience is likely to question conventional attitudes held 
about themselves and others.

David Lamb is an Adjunct Professor at John Jay College in NYC, where he 
teaches courses on Society and Hip Hop Culture. Platanos has been performed 
at colleges and universities from Maryland to California to Illinois to 
Rhode Island and - of course - New York.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 @ 8pm
Bowker Auditorium, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Free and Open to the Public

"Asks if love between a Black man and Latina woman can survive".
-- VIBE MAGAZINE

"Lamb shows his chops...[Platanos] asks audiences whether blacks and Latinos 
should love one another."
-- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Reservations:

Ticket reservations are not available, but Bowker Auditorium has a large 
seating capacity. However, we urge you to arrive at least 10 minutes prior 
to the performance.

Parking:

You may park in the UMass Parking Garage for $3 dollars per vehicle. 
Alternately, you may park in the lot beside the Mullins Center and walk up a 
short hill to Bowker Auditorium. A map of the campus is available at 
www.umass.edu/umhome/visit_campus/maps.html

Sponsored by:
UMass-Amherst Student Government Association, Casa Dominicana & CCEBMS 
(Collegiate Committee for the Education of Black and other Minority 
Students)

Co-Sponsored by:
Native American Student Services, International Programs, Department of 
African-American Studies, Commonwealth College, ALANAI Honor Society, 
African Students Association, Office of ALANA Affairs, Black Student Union, 
Student Affairs and Campus Life, Office of Multicultural Student Services, 
South West Residential Life, Malcolm X & Sylvan Cultural Center