It’s not just for minority groups!
Race & Ethnicity
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Republicans vs. Democracy in North Carolina
GOP lawmakers are trying to turn the South’s most progressive election laws into the nation’s most restrictive. But will they win the battle and lose the war?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Last Day of a Young Black Man
Fruitvale Station’s intimate portrait of Oscar Grant promises better days ahead for black film.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Joe Scarborough Defends Obama on Trayvon Martin Comments
“The support for the family” of Trayvon Martin “has been inspiring,” the Morning Joe host said Monday. “But it’s important to remember that’s occurring amidst a backdrop of really racially intolerant comments,” he said, referring to statements from conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity and others.
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The Privilege of Whiteness
What it means when you’re the racial default setting
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Discussing Trayvon Martin, Obama Embraces his Blackness
On Obama’s remarks this afternoon.
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The Great Detroit Betrayal
Any remotely accurate autopsy of the bankrupt city will find the cancer that killed it was the decline of the American auto industry.
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Why “Black-on-Black Crime” is a Dangerous Idea
Final thoughts on the myth of “black-on-black crime.”
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Trayvon Martin, Blackness, and America’s Fear of Crime
Further thoughts on pathology and “black on black” crime.
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When Tea Partiers Try to Show Their “Diversity”
A rally with two groups who have very little in common.
