Whiteness

Post-Whiteness

Darnell L. Moore | Posted 05.24.2012

Darnell L. Moore

Whose bodies and lives will this grand social vision of a post-racial world benefit especially when considering the counter-investment in notions of "blackness" that post-racial propagandists seem to maintain?

When A 'Bad White People Day' Is Just Another Tuesday

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Molly Secours

Just before the November election I witnessed an incident involving two men at a gas station, and although there was no physical confrontation and no crime committed, the potential for violence was undeniable.

Dedrick Muhammad | Posted 05.25.2011

Dedrick Muhammad

I have been waiting for some discussion linking the not so subtle politics of the film Avatar with the serious political critique of whiteness.

Going Where Glenn Beck Wouldn't: Defining White Culture

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Mikhail Lyubansky

Just so I'm clear: I like the people fine. It's their whiteness (or rather the privileges associated with it) that I'd rather do without.

White People Confronting Racism

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Abby L. Ferber

Two weeks ago I participated in the eleventh annual White Privilege Conference, where I had the chance to talk with Holly Fulton, who was involved in the documentary film Traces of the Trade.

Blabbers Remorse, White Entitlement, and General Stanley McChrystal's Ego

Molly Secours | Posted 05.25.2011

Molly Secours

It is difficult to imagine McCrystal's words don't belong to a jacked up first semester frat boy who has discovered what his new status affords and suffers from the delusion that his 'winning streak' will never end.

Nell Painter's History of White People: It's Coming to an End

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Lydon

Now that we are all supposed to have absorbed the genomics of it -- that "race" is a social concept, not a scientific one; a construction, not a fact -- she is asking: who invented "whiteness" as a human category?

Murdoch and Fox Portray Black Men as Terrorists on 24

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Ronald B. Robinson

The first two Presidents on 24 were Black men. The first was assassinated and the second was responsible for allowing nuclear bombs into the country, causing mass destruction.

Cancer, John Mayer and "Please Don't Call Me Racist" : Diffusing the R-Bomb

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Molly Secours

It wasn't until recovering from stage IV uterine cancer that I began to notice the parallels between cancer and racism -- and potentially similar paths of recovery.

Fear and Envy of Black Masculinity: How Politico's Jonathan Martin Mugged President Obama and Got Away With It

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Ronald B. Robinson

Almost all black men recognize the contemptuous look Jonathan Martin gave Obama on Thursday.

I Am Racist!

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Abby L. Ferber

Race will be a factor in this presidential election. It is always a factor in our society. How much race impacts the election will depend on our willingness to consciously strive to be anti-racist.