Webb of Deceit: Racism, Affirmative Action and History as Misunderstood by a...
In this summer of white resentment, one would think it sufficient to have to suffer through the daily droning of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and the rest of the crew at Fox News, or perhaps the...
View ArticleWith Friends Like These, Who Needs Glenn Beck? Racism and White Privilege on...
This is the second part of a two-part series on racism on the right and left of the United States’ political/ideological spectrum. Part one, which can be found here, provided the reader with a working...
View ArticleWhat was that about “defiling sacred ground?” An indigenous take on the...
Oh hell yes…powerful piece from Simon Moya-Smith at Indian Country Today about the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy and the way in which Christians have never minded defiling indigenous sites of...
View ArticleYour House is on Ground Zero (and Quite Without Permission)
In all the rancor over whether or not one group of Muslims should be allowed to build a cultural center and worship space near the site of the 9/11 attacks — which were committed by a separate and...
View ArticleAssimilation is Not Enough: American Muslims as Modern Cherokee?
Great post at Ta-Nehesi Coates’ blog from last month (which I only saw today), in which he notes the parallels between anti-indigenous sentiment towards the Cherokee during the years of Jacksonian...
View ArticleFacing Race 2010 Final Plenary: Amazing Conversation – Check it Out!
Here is the final plenary session of the 2010 Facing Race Conference, in Chicago. I’m on the panel with Rinku Sen, Van Jones, Maria Teresa Kumar, and moderator Cathy Cohen
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Being Thankful for Clarity and Focused Rage
Thanksgiving has always been among my least favorite holidays. Not merely because of the mendacity of the traditional narrative regarding its origins — you know, the whole “Indians and Pilgrims living...
View Article“Why Can’t They Just Say Stop It?” Reflections on Terror and the Cycle of...
I knew it was a conversation that at some point I would have to indulge; and last night, amid commemorative news coverage of the events of September 11, 2001, it became apparent that the time had come....
View ArticleTelling White Lies: Patriotic Correctness and the War on Ethnic Studies
You’re tellin’ white lies You’re tellin’ white lies Well I can see right through that thin disguise Can’t you tell I can tell when you’re telling’ white lies? —Jason and the Scorchers, “White Lies”...
View ArticleHearing No Evil: The Amazing Obtuseness of Campus Conservatives
Seems like every young conservative with a phone cam thinks they’re James O’Keefe. Sadly for them, since there’s no Andrew Breitbart left to selectively edit and post their handiwork, thereby making it...
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