Contemporary issues
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Why people of color need spaces without white people
The case for leaving America to escape racism
The safe space that became a viral nightmare
Denial is the heartbeat of America
When they call you a terrorist
All the white friends I couldn’t keep
The sound of gentrification is silence
We still can’t see American slavery for what it was
Race: the power of an illusion
White supremacists top domestic terror threat
What if instead of a feelings advocacy we had an outcome advocacy?
Why we’re finally taking down Confederate flags
DEI & antiracism work needs to decenter whiteness
A belief in meritocracy is not only false, it’s bad for you
Whataboutism & why it is suddenly everywhere
Race reflections: articles; resources
Deconstructing racism one headline at a time
Race in America (Washington Post)
Black American refugee · I’m a Black American; I had to get out · Tiffanie Drayton interview
For Patrick Lyoya, the American dream became the American nightmare
Withering under the white gaze: the Hart family tragedy
The exploitation of Black children in the Hart murder-suicide
Why is American classical music so white?
The racist song that has dug deep roots in American culture
‘Token fatigue’ & the toll of marginalization in white male spaces
The once and future Karen · What’s in a name?
The symbolic power of the Karen
White women’s role in white supremacy
The racists on my neighborhood watch app
We knew QAnon was anti-Semitic; now we know it’s racist too
QAnon, militias, & white supremacy
How the word ‘woke’ got co-opted & weaponized
Are you virtue signaling? Why that’s not necessarily bad
How calling out virtue signaling is a form of virtue signaling
Cancel culture’s long and tortured history · Why we can’t stop fighting about it
The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from Black-culture punchline to white-grievance watchword
White outrage about Will Smith’s slap is rooted in anti-Blackness
Why are all the Black kids still sitting together in the cafeteria?
How affluence pulls (white) people away from their families
How ‘Get Out’ deconstructs racism for white people
How Black horror became America’s most powerful cinematic genre
American Psycho, American Beauty, American Pie: white male rage at the turn of the millennium
The unbearable whiteness of ‘Oklahoma!’
11 songs you might not have known were racist
A Black gaze: artists changing how we see
This is America (trigger warning)