racism

In 34 years in this country, I've experienced racism. But I've never felt like I feel this week.

The right-wing extremists aren't counting on support from most white people. Just silence.

Since before the revolution, punishment has depended on who’s being punished.

Patrick B. Reyes reflects on the soils that have sustained him—and those that have poisoned him.

Simone Drake’s book helps readers grow in understanding of a deeply marginalized group: black men.

Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party

An annotated list of the best new titles

Dyson’s sermon on racism is inspiring, but will it speak to those who need to hear it most?

In C.E. Morgan’s world, anything goes as long as it’s couched in the language of the equine.

“At any given moment, I may need to be a psychologist, centurion, street lawyer, or soothsayer.”

John Edgar Wideman counters the official record of Emmett Till’s father with a more empathetic version.

I am a black man, and will always be so. Therefore, when I move about in the United States people first see my blackness and not my education. This means ongoing vulnerability because my blackness still is interpreted as criminal through a racialized lens. 

There is a danger in responding to a film like Hidden Figures by congratulating ourselves on how far we’ve come.

Leonard Pitts's story is so compelling that you barely notice how much you're learning.

White Christians have an obligation to face white nationalism head-on.

I was able to sit and have a brief conversation with him about racism, a whitened Jesus, and the reign of God. I thought you might appreciate the conversation as well. Let me know what you think.

Some riots protest injustice. Others perpetuate it.

As we make laws and try to adjudicate justice, we often lose sight of the human faces affected.

Ideas about the ghetto matter. They always have.