Posts tagged race
Posts tagged race
The fall and rise of a new black leadership in Jackson, Miss.
Next American City || July 27, 2012
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The darkest man in baseball and the city that still loves him.
Grantland || July 22, 2011
Teen pregnancy prevention initiatives are often based on the premise that teen parenting is an indisputably bad thing and should be avoided at all costs. And as a consequence, teen moms are constantly presented as failures and victims.
Colorlines || May 6, 2011
My parents were born in the thirties, and dressing well as African Americans went without saying; it spoke as much to survival as it did to success.
Defunct || April 2011
Are African-American Republicans the most minority group of all?
The Oxford American || April 2011
Are Black People Stupid?
The Chicago Reader, May 16, 1980
When demographic change doesn’t involve color
Washington City Paper || March 18, 2011
On more than 170 billboards nationwide, a campaign is exploiting America’s racist medical history to foster the belief that abortion is black genocide.
Colorlines || March 3, 2011
The fashion world claims to be shocked over John Galliano’s anti-Semitic outbursts. But it’s an industry based on exclusion, and plenty of iconic European fashion figures don’t hold up to scrutiny.
Tablet || March 4, 2011
How a New York Times reporter dropped out and became a hate evangelist in Berkeley.
East Bay Express || March 2, 2011
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