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Racism From Above in Appalachia
There's been buzz since Bernie Sanders won West Virginia's primary about the nature of the white working class.
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“Postracial” Is Racist: The Politics of Erasing Race From the Conversation
Acting on implicit bias and uncritically purporting to have a race-neutral lens perpetuate racism in the 21st century.
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Malcolm X Predicted the Progression of Racism in the United States
This excerpt revisits a landmark law that was supposed to end racism and the outspoken activist who predicted it would not.
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Former White Supremacists Urge Hate Group Members to Renounce Their Bigotry
Several former white supremacists are developing strategies to deter membership in hate groups and encourage others to leave.
Medical Racism and the Ignoring of Black Pain
In a group of 222 white medical students and residents, half believed in biological differences between black and white people.
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TV Is Donald’s Free Trump Card to Stoke Racism
Donald Trump's political rise can be largely attributed to the permanent guest member of most US families — television.
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On Passover, Israel and “Demographic Threats“
We must challenge attempts to cast Palestinians as a “demographic threat” to the current Jewish majority in their homeland.
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How Capitalism and Racism Support Each Other
Capitalism's supporters use and benefit from a racism whose practice and consequences should be blamed on capitalism itself.
What Is Your First Memory on Race?
I was called “a good Mexican” or “not like the rest of them” by students and teachers alike.
Fighting Institutional Racism: Insights From Providence College
From Mizzou to Yale, campus protests have arisen in the backdrop of the larger Black Lives Matter movement.