“…the belief now is that systemic racism is a national cancer that was excised long ago…”
It’s not that anyone denies that institutional racism once existed. But the belief now...
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“This is the end result of redefining racism to mean malice in one’s heart”
Trump…seems to understand that charges of racism are essentially toothless, because the bar of...
“The history of the ‘Black-Jewish alliance’ is, of course, much more complicated than the narrative evoked by the march in Selma, and its ambiguities provide some helpful context for the current controversy”
Tensions between Jewish liberals and black radicals are, of course, not new. It was...
“’Racism’ spent the first half of the 20th century in competition with another word, ‘racialism’, though neither featured prominently in our national conversation”
The first cited use of “racism” in The Oxford English Dictionary comes from 1902,...
“For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor of privilege”
For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor...
“… one of the most predictive variables for a place becoming more Republican has been the number of people ethnically identifying as ‘American’…”
Something real has been percolating over the past decade in the Republican base when...
“…from 1970 to the present,… Black Americans are much more likely to stay in place and much less likely than whites to engage in…moves significant enough to change circumstances and opportunities”
For crucial periods of this country’s history, African-Americans were far more likely than whites...
“The useful part of white identity’s vagueness is that whites don’t have to shoulder the burden of race in America”
By the early 20th century, the descendants of the earlier Irish immigrants had successfully...
“America is living through a moment of racial paradox. Never in its history have black people been more fully represented in the public sphere”
America is living through a moment of racial paradox. Never in its history have...
“Eliminating the binary definition of whiteness…is essential for a new racial vision that ethical people can share across the color line”
Given that the monolithic definition of whiteness is antithetical to social justice, perhaps we...