Romney campaign is playing on stereotypes
By Kevin Alexander Gray, October 30, 2012 This is racial politics at its worst: When in trouble, blame black people.read more
View ArticleWhite voters rejected the politics of exclusion
By Eric K. Ward, November 15, 2012 While many TV pundits were quick to point out that the president did not win the majority of the white vote, they failed to point out that no Democratic candidate...
View ArticleNew secessionist movement is a disturbing throwback
By Starita Smith, November 21, 2012 The new secessionist movement is bad for America. It represents a refusal to recognize the re-election of President Obama. And just below the surface of it lie some...
View ArticleJames Baldwin’s America and the Paradox of Race
By Simon Balto, December 3, 2012 Baldwin noted that the threat of perishment facing millions of Black people wasn’t just a literal one. It was also a social one: existential erasure.read more
View ArticleA New Wave of Racist Right-Wing Violence?
By Chip Berlet, April 3, 2013 I fear there is a potential for more. But beware infringements on civil liberties.read more
View ArticleTiger Woods comment unearths hurtful stereotype
By Fred McKissack Jr., June 3, 2013 It is sad in the 21st century that we’re still dealing with these ancient, ridiculous and – yes – hurtful stereotypes.read more
View ArticleSee How Racist the War on Marijuana Really Is
By Matthew Rothschild, June 6, 2013 Here’s a pop quiz: How many more times is a black person likely to be arrested for pot possession than a white person in America?read more
View ArticleAl Sharpton Targeted by Zombie Gun Product?
By Frank Smyth, June 28, 2013 Revenge for criticizing the company that made a shooting target of Obama?read more
View ArticleA Verdict for White Fear: Zimmerman and the Hunting of Black Folks
By Bill Fletcher Jr., July 14, 2013 I am nothing but sickened by this verdict. I was prepared intellectually. I was not ready in my gut.read more
View ArticleZimmerman Verdict Reveals Racist System of Justice
By Matthew Rothschild, July 15, 2013 The simple, stark fact is that we don’t have equal justice in America today.read more
View Article“Post-Racial”? No Way!
By Brian Gilmore, July 16, 2013 How the Zimmerman verdict should end this delusion.read more
View ArticleFour Truths the Zimmerman Jury Ignored
By Kirk Nielsen, July 16, 2013 And two more truths that flow from their unjust verdict.read more
View ArticleWhy the Zimmerman verdict is more important than O.J.
By Kevin Alexander Gray, July 17, 2013 It’s easy to kill, but to be civilized is to help people live and to seek ways to end animosity and needless death.read more
View ArticleGagging Black Athletes
By Dave Zirin, July 27, 2013 Owners want them to sell tickets and jerseys, not take a stand on Trayvon Martin, or anything else.read more
View Article25 years after apology, U.S. still hasn’t learned lessons
By Priscilla Ouchida, August 10, 2013 Twenty-five years ago on Aug. 10, President Reagan signed a law that finally apologized and made reparations for the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans...
View ArticleOffended by ‘Washington Redskins’?
By Josh Healey, September 14, 2013 Here’s 5 Alternative Namesread more
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