For David Perez, Hip-hop was a means of acquiring an identity, but it came with baggage that he still finds himself lugging around.
On Race
The Race Walk
Ken Solin remembers his encounters with racism as he moved to various cities.
Race Is Always a Parenting Issue
As a multiracial Asian American, Jason Sperber writes, navigating race is always a parenting matter.
Beautiful on All Sides
‘The privilege of being white in the U.S. is that you don’t have to see race. But for a growing majority of people, ethnicity is fluid; it’s piecemeal, chosen, reclaimed, refused, relearned.’
Eating While Black
Damon Young talks about a particular type of “race neurosis” that makes it difficult to see actions as separate from the color of his skin.
White Boy in a Black Land
Tom Matlack travelled to Kenya and learned some things about himself and our conceptions of race.
Black Boy in a White Land
Once Jackie Summers realized he was black, he found an elephant in the room wherever he went.
Once Jackie Summers realized he was black, he found an elephant in the room wherever he went.
‘Why I Don’t Want to Talk About Race’
Tom Matlack asked his friend Steve Locke to write for us about race. He declined. Here’s why.