Steve Hochstadt: Those who have argued for excluding some Americans from full rights, who have urged some Americans to leave because they weren’t American enough, who wanted to separate and classify and dominate people, have always been wrong.
Racism, Whiteness and the Health Disparities Industry
March 16, 2011 By
Jessie Daniels: We need to begin to critically examine those who hold the most power and resources in society, that is at white people, for the ways that they contribute to and benefit from the inequality in health outcomes.
European Racism vs. “Underground” Racism in the U.S.
December 6, 2010 By
Jessie Daniels: While it’s true that it’s no longer ok to say the n-word in some mixed groups, there’s plenty of evidence that racism – even the crudest forms, and alongside some new forms – still abounds in the contemporary U.S. in plenty of above ground.
U.S. Native Prisoners of War
December 3, 2010 By
Jessie Daniels: My father identified as Native American. In his view, Native Americans had it “much worse” than black Americans and still do. I argue that rather than trying to rank order oppression and which group “had it worse,” it’s important that we see these as connected.
Why I Keep Talking about Race
September 8, 2010 By
Steve Hochstadt: I will keep talking about race because my students cannot understand American history without knowing the role played by racism.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
August 2, 2010 By
Mark Naison: When my working-class white friends and fellow coaches attacked affirmative action—which they did vociferously and often—it was about preferential treatment that they saw blacks and Latinos getting on the job, especially in the civil service.
Native American Suggests He Was Profiled By Arizona Police: ‘New Bill Targets People Of My Color’
May 5, 2010 By
Andrea Nill: It’s also worth noting that a study by the ACLU on racial profiling in Arizona found that “while African-Americans, Latinos, Native-Americans and Asian-Americans are more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement on suspicion of carrying contraband, whites were actually more likely to be carrying contraband.”
Immigrants, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights
March 27, 2010 By
Michele Waslin: Today, most Americans are familiar with the Brown v. Board of Education decision. However, the link between Mexican-Americans and African-Americans in the struggle for desegregation is not well known. The Mendez case and the relationship between the two cases is an important piece of U.S. history that deserves to be more widely acknowledged.
Reid’s Obama Blunder and What It Means
January 16, 2010 By
Adriane Lentz-Smith: To marvel ignorantly at a black man’s accomplishment is one thing; to lament all the “problems” that accompany finally fulfilling the constitutional promise of black citizenship quite another.
The Marshmallow Center of American Politics in the 21st Century
November 10, 2009 By
Recent political events dash the hope that Obama’s election has ushered in a post-racial nirvana. Both political parties understand that race is as relevant as ever. And in this curdling, partisan environment, both parties also recognize that the race card is never an ace.
Most Black Married Mommas Could Have Been Statistics
November 5, 2009 By
If 80 percent of white children were born to single white mothers, can you imagine the hue and cry? There would be national conferences on the issue.
Real Talk From L.A.’s Top Cop on His Decision to Leave, His Successor, and Black Los Angeles
October 31, 2009 By
I have to admit that I am sad to see L.A.’s top cop leave. While my opinion may not be in the majority as it relates to Blacks here in Los Angeles, Police Chief William Bratton has definitely been my favorite police chief.
Discrimination: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
October 30, 2009 By
I don’t know if you have to experience discrimination first hand in order to be able to see it, but I do know that I learned a lot standing on that corner with my uncle in a wheelchair 20 years ago. For that reason, I have hope that maybe the Civil Rights Division under the Obama administration will do what it has often failed to do in the past – provide a line of defense for this country’s most vulnerable people.
When the Brothers Blast You and the…
October 26, 2009 By
To be rendered invisible and unworthy of consideration by men who look like our fathers, brothers, cousins, uncles and the best of who we are – heroes like El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King, Jr. – is beyond offensive.
Black Unity: Can It Ever Happen?
October 24, 2009 By
The fact is, if we had waited for Black unity to come about on the simple question of whether Barack’s candidacy was credible before we supported him, Obama would have never been elected, because the divide was in evidence and deeply entrenched.
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