Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness
Nell Painter and Herman Melville on American racism as existentialism.
Jun 23, 2015 / Greg Grandin
‘Are You Black?’ ‘Yes.’ An Interview With Rachel Dolezal ‘Are You Black?’ ‘Yes.’ An Interview With Rachel Dolezal
In these excerpts from an interview with Melissa Harris-Perry, Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP who resigned amid accusations that she lied…
Jun 16, 2015 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy
The Black artist still must confront the choice between being a messenger about the community and being a pure maker of artistic product.
Mar 23, 2015 / Encounter / Langston Hughes and Touré
The Power of Political Athletes to Puncture Privilege The Power of Political Athletes to Puncture Privilege
By breaching the walls of the sports world, we can puncture the ultimate privilege in our society: that of blissful ignorance.
Dec 12, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race Bobst Protest, Social Media as Battleground for Race
Protests on the NYU campus in the wake of the Eric Garner non-indictment spark debates on social media about race and privilege.
Dec 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Do #BlackLivesMatter to White Athletes? Let’s Ask Them Do #BlackLivesMatter to White Athletes? Let’s Ask Them
Black athletes are expressing views across social media about the killing of Michael Brown. It’s past time white athletes took some of this weight.
Nov 25, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
The Value of Whiteness The Value of Whiteness
A lawsuit is being waged against the “wrongful birth” of a black child.
Nov 12, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor
A new bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee focuses on tackling rural, not urban, hunger thereby focusing efforts on poor whites rather than people of color.
May 22, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege No One Cares If You Never Apologize for Your White Male Privilege
There are no American institutions of power that are founded on wholesale discrimination against white men. That’s not the case for the rest of us.
May 5, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith