racial politics
American evangelicalism and the politics of whiteness
If white evangelicals are united by anything, it isn't theology.
by Seth Dowland
The power of Wakanda
Getting millions of Americans to consider the merits of black armed revolution against global oppression is no small feat.
How Michelle Obama subverted respectability politics with a ponytail
If you weren't looking for it, you might have missed her act of resistance at Trump's inauguration.
America’s Pastor, by Grant Wacker
Let it be said at once: this is the best book ever written about Billy Graham. I found this an absolutely captivating book and have read every word, including the footnotes.
reviewed by David A. Hollinger
The wall of identity: Resident Aliens at 25
Resident Aliens affirmed the strange way we Americans deal with our racial history and its current realities by indirection, innuendo, and avoidance.
Native Son
In the last six weeks police officers have killed at least five unarmed African American men: Eric Garner, John Crawford, Ezell Ford, Dante Parker, and Michael Brown. This does not include Kajieme Powell, who was carrying a steak knife when two officers gunned him down just a few miles away from the site of Brown’s death. As much as some commentators might want to dismiss the protests as the cynical work of “screamers” and “race hustlers,” there is no doubt that the unrest sprung in large part from a righteous indignation at this nation’s long and persistent record of state violence against black men.