AntiRacism & Privilege

AFRICANGLOBE - In this day and age of Black presidents, a Black First Lady that still makes a White man’s head explode and George Zimmerman killing a defenseless Trayvon Martin in cold blood, you’ll need it.

You cannot "prove" racism to most White Americans. Some white commenters seem to think that is what I am trying to do! Important terms: Most: means like maybe 80% in this case, not "all" White Amer...

My student, R, called me a racist! He let all the teachers on my floor know that he was sure that I, his English teacher, was a racist too. But Ms. B and Ms. G wouldn't hear it. "He can't be racist...

A native person is someone who was born in a place or whose people come from that place. It is acceptable when applied to whites, possibly racist when applied to others. Compare: native of England ...

We think of Hollywood as a liberal and socially progressive land of hippies, what with its endless fundraisers and giving awards to movies that teach us that intolerance is wrong. Yet in certain ways, movies are still way behind the times.

This fall alone, Paul Frank served "Rain Dance Refresher" cocktails at a "Pow Wow"-themed fashion week event, ASOS debuted a "Go Native" Navajo-inspired line with cringe-inducing copy, and Karlie Kloss walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show...

Are you living in a white country but not (completely) white yourself? Are most of your friends white? Do you think racism is no big deal? Do you think poor Black Americans only have themselves to ...

This is a gallery of every possible way a straight white male could be a dick about it without starring in porn.

How unthinking racial essentialism finds its way into scientific research

Other factors have come and gone for the Right, but racism has always been there.

In a world where Kevin Garnett, Harold Ford, and Halle Berry all check "black" on the census, even the argument that racial labels refer to natural differences in physical traits doesn't hold up.

On Tuesday, Slate.com contributor Aisha Harris posted a story titled "The Troubling Viral Trend of the “Hilarious” Black Neighbor," in which she described how she believes the internet picks on bla...

People like to throw around the term "ally". White people who claim to be anti-racist, non-disabled folks who claim to be invested in challenging ableist norms, cis queers who claim to understand the importance of trans* visibility. People claim "ally" for themselves regularly and with ease. But the truth is that being an ally takes more work than most of us imagine. In fact, it takes constant vigilance. And there are many ways we fail at it everyday. Frankly, some of us are just totally doing it wrong.

Calling out racism is where you point out that something is racist. It might not seem like a big deal, but it is an important part of fighting racism. It can even stop genocide, as crazy as that so...

Why class-based social policy doesn't address African Americans' problems

Blacks, Hispanics and Asians were also asked more questions about their finances, according to the study, and given fewer offers of help financing a loan.

If my detest for words and definitions stems from anything at all it's the "allies" I've experienced in both my personal life and my work as an activist.

White paternalism is the belief that whites know what is best for people of other races, viewing them pretty much as overgrown children. It is racist since it assumes that whites know better than other races.

You see, a lot of the folks I know don’t want a seat at someone else’s table. The very table that is built on assumptions that the marginalized must be taught, can’t organize themselves, and need only buy into pre-made models. Na, no thanks.

We want our own table *and not the kiddie table, thanks.

Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen to what people of colour (non-whites) say. Do not put your guard up. Instead put yourself in their shoes. Take what they say seriously, especially about their own experiences.....

It's almost a cliche. First, someone talking about blacks makes reference to fried chicken, watermelon, monkeys or dogs — or even uses the indefensible N-word.

The idea that some racial groups are, on average, smarter than others is without a doubt among the most discussed (and debunked) “taboos” in American intellectual history.

With the gutting of foreign coverage by most U.S. newspapers and the need to populate infinite Web space with content, a new creature has emerged: the foreign affairs blogger. Max Fisher, who hosts...

Recent studies from both the Urban Institute and the Pew Forum tell the story of America's growing racial wealth gap. In the May issue of Sojourners magazine, Otis Moss III talked about the unjust trend.

One click on the send button can be so revealing and sometimes painful. My young, 20-something friend didn’t mean to hurt me as he shared over and over again that as a white male he really didn’t care about the plight of African Americans.  But he did.