Races in America “…the belief now is that systemic racism is a national cancer that was excised long ago…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 September 2016 It’s not that anyone denies that institutional racism once existed. But the belief now...
Races in America, Semantics “This is the end result of redefining racism to mean malice in one’s heart” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 August 2016 Trump…seems to understand that charges of racism are essentially toothless, because the bar of...
Jews in America, Races in America “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” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 August 2016 Tensions between Jewish liberals and black radicals are, of course, not new. It was...
Races in America, Semantics “’Racism’ spent the first half of the 20th century in competition with another word, ‘racialism’, though neither featured prominently in our national conversation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 August 2016 The first cited use of “racism” in The Oxford English Dictionary comes from 1902,...
Races in America “For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor of privilege” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 August 2016 For poor and working-class whites, skin color no longer feels like an implicit guarantor...
Politics in America “… one of the most predictive variables for a place becoming more Republican has been the number of people ethnically identifying as ‘American’…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 July 2016 Something real has been percolating over the past decade in the Republican base when...
Races in America “…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” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 February 2016 For crucial periods of this country’s history, African-Americans were far more likely than whites...
Races in America “The useful part of white identity’s vagueness is that whites don’t have to shoulder the burden of race in America” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 July 2015 By the early 20th century, the descendants of the earlier Irish immigrants had successfully...
America, Races in America “America is living through a moment of racial paradox. Never in its history have black people been more fully represented in the public sphere” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 July 2015 America is living through a moment of racial paradox. Never in its history have...
Races in America “Eliminating the binary definition of whiteness…is essential for a new racial vision that ethical people can share across the color line” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 July 2015 Given that the monolithic definition of whiteness is antithetical to social justice, perhaps we...