Now that the violence in Charlottesville has forced “white supremacy” once again into our political vocabulary, let’s ask an uncomfortable question: “When will the United States transcend white supremacy?” My question isn’t, “What should we do about the overt white supremacists who, emboldened by Trump’s success, have pushed their way back into mainstream politics?” I […]
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Many rush to say that inquiring into someone's ethnicity is inherently racist? Why is that so? Is curiosity regarding background a bad thing?
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I was recently accused of ableism for expressing gratitude that I am not disabled. Is this fair- or is it the pointing of a finger that censors all dissent?
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Last week's verdict on Castile's murder has intensified justification for a dissipation of the narratives that lead police to kill innocent black civilians.
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Despite the different interpretations you may be hearing, there are many reasons that the comments made by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone in relation to the Holocaust are deeply offensive for Jewish people. Contrary to the perception that he is being ‘told off for comparing Nazism to Israel’, there is actually a continued narrative within […]
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