Two sons of a sharecropper return to the Texas town where they grew up.
The Invisible World of Rural Black America: Part 3
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The Invisible World of Rural Black America: Part 2
February 25, 2013 By 3 Comments
Join Lola Rainey on a guided tour through American history with her father and uncle, sons of a Texas sharecropper.
Black Male Teachers Aren’t the Only Answer
February 22, 2013 By 5 Comments
National percentages of black male teachers and administrators are extremely low. Explore common problems and common sense solutions regarding poor performance of black boys in American schools.
The Invisible World of Rural Black America
February 18, 2013 By 3 Comments
Lola Rainey joins two septuagenarian relatives for a Texas road trip through a vanishing America.
Walking With Soulless Haste
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Derek Bardowell takes to London’s streets in an attempt to lose himself, and finds subtly pervasive racism – hidden in the cracks and people’s attitudes.
The Reason You Find the Volkswagen Commercial Racist
February 4, 2013 By 3 Comments
The Disposability of Black Men
February 2, 2013 By 66 Comments
Black men are brutally murdered and systematically incarcerated. Is this genocide?
Three Shades of Family: How We Address Interracial Challenges
January 28, 2013 By 4 Comments
Kyle and his wife didn’t worry about their racial differences. They were simply in love. But when their son was born, they had to consider the implications.
Entire Soccer Team Walks Off The Field in Protest to Racist Taunts
January 5, 2013 By 8 Comments
Coach Allegri says, “Walking off was the right choice when faced with something like this.”
Why Black Women Also Fear Black Men
November 26, 2012 By 153 Comments
Though the fear of black men by white people is based on racist stereotypes, black women’s fear is rooted in a lifetime of experience.
How the Rules of Racism Are Different For Asian Americans
September 22, 2012 By 58 Comments
Matthew Salesses reflects upon the moment he realized he was not white, and explores the ways in which racism against Asians Americans is nearly invisible in our culture.
Know Your Place
August 10, 2012 By 5 Comments
Yellowface in CLOUD ATLAS
August 8, 2012 By 63 Comments
Yellowface in the new Cloud Atlas movie? Hollywood is getting out of control, forgetting the reality of racism in its mixed-up pursuit of ambition. Shame on the movie business. Last night, I found out that the new Cloud Atlas movie will be sporting several actors in yellowface–that is, white actors made up to look Asian. You can [...]
An Education in Inequality
July 24, 2012 By 8 Comments
What Tim Brown has learned from the Penn State scandal about institutional racism.
I Am a Dark-Skinned African. In Terms of Racist Hierarchy, at the Bottom of the Food Chain. Or Should Be.
June 2, 2012 By 4 Comments
Moses Okoth is quite comfortable in his deep mahogany skin. But he still has questions about how society views race.
Trayvon Martin and the Fate of the Alabama Segregation Reference Ban Amendment
April 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
Everybody’s talking about the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Nobody’s talking about Alabama Senate Bill 112. That needs to change.
“Straight men learned from gay men that physically affectionate, emotionally intimate friendships are not unmanly.”
These are comments by David May and Rick on the post “For The Love Of God, Please Stop Saying ‘Bromance’”.
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