Photo by Mike Von on Unsplash Liam Kofi Bright wrote a fascinating article called "White Psycodrama". (Available here: White Psychodrama Final Version (philarchive.org)) In it, he describes three archetypes involved…
Photo by Koshu Kunii on Unsplash I was in the grocery store and a guy walked past me wearing a Blue Lives Matter mask. I had a strong urge to…
Dog Whistle: a coded message communicated through words or phrases commonly understood by a particular group of people, but not by others. Every year, I like to pay attention to…
History is an odd subject in the way it combines objective and subjective views. It is full of objective facts. There can be no reasonable argument about whether certain events…
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash A lot of white people who support Black Lives Matter have been using a slogan lately. They use it on signs, in posts, in memes, and in…
Photo by Hayley Catherine on Unsplash Racism is a difficult topic to talk about. There are all the obvious reasons. It's a sensitive subject that can be triggering for many people. Plus, it…
Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash I'm not very active on social media. I use it to promote things I've written and things that my friends have created. Maybe once a week, I'll…
Anyone who stops to think about it should notice that racism is everywhere in The United States. Strangely, many people don't seem to notice it. This is something I've known…
I wrote a post the other day where I complained that the nature of academic racial language forces the conversations about race to be too self conscious. As an aside,…
A couple years ago, a student was working with me on a history paper. She was a regular and I had worked with her often. She always seemed smart and…
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