On the Erasure of Whiteness in Responses to Convicted Pedophile Jan Joosten, a White Man
In her now classic paper titled White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo writes about the many ways…
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Keepers of History or Dangerous Idols: The Case Against Statues From an Unlikely Source
High above the nine living justices of the Supreme Court, carved atop the marble columns…
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The Economy is Racism: Ending Race-Based Economic Violence is the Real Challenge of This Moment
Please feel free to ignore the economists and pundits who like to say that Wall…
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Love the Scholarship But Hate the Scholar’s Sin?: ‘Himpathy’ for an Academic Pedophile Enables a Culture of Abuse
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, the philosopher Kate Manne coined…
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Louie Giglio ‘White Blessing’ Incident Reveals Something Critical About Evangelical Efforts to Address Racism
On June 14th, as the city of Atlanta reeled from the murder of Rayshard Brooks…
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Dear White Evangelicals: A Black Square Ain’t Gonna Cut It
In recent weeks, watching evangelical white preachers, pastors, and Christian schools post black squares on…
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Why Didn’t Trump Lie About His Bible?
The president of the United States is known the world over for his infidelity to…
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Space X and the Photo-Op: Trump’s Use of the Bible Was Just the Latest in a Series of Christian Nationalist Messages
Trump’s supporters are busy combing the scriptures for that perfect verse that justifies the president…
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Why Did Facebook and Instagram Ban #Sikh on the Anniversary of an Infamous Massacre?
In June of 1984, the Indian Army, under direct orders from then Prime Minister Indira…
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A Sliver of White Evangelicals Abandoning Trump, But That May Be Enough
Donald Trump is losing the 2020 election, but you’d hardly know it by looking at…
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