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Jan 9, 2021

Whiteness Means Not Knowing How to See a White Mob as Terrorists

Whiteness encompasses a number of features of everyday life: it is a reference to the skin color of the people who belong to the group that we call white people, and it is a cultural context that corresponds to their historical and contemporary experiences. …

Race

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Whiteness Means Not Knowing How to See a White Mob as Terrorists
Whiteness Means Not Knowing How to See a White Mob as Terrorists
Race

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Aug 22, 2020

We’d rather not see you: The “poor door” revisited

A group of NYC Upper West Siders is raising money to keep homeless people out of their sight. — When 50 Riverside Boulevard opened on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 2015, it made headlines because not all its residents were allowed to use the front door. Extell, the building’s developers, had taken advantage of the opportunity to secure millions in tax benefits by including a number of designated low-income…

Racism

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We’d rather not see you: The “poor door” revisited
We’d rather not see you: The “poor door” revisited
Racism

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Aug 4, 2020

It was indeed all a lie, but white Democrats are on the hook, too

Racism isn’t “the original sin of the modern Republican party” alone — “I saw the warning signs but ignored them,” confessed Republican strategist Stuart Stevens in his 2020 New York Times op-ed, going on to acknowledge racism as “the original sin of the modern Republican Party.” …

Anti Racism

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It was indeed all a lie, but white Democrats are on the hook, too
It was indeed all a lie, but white Democrats are on the hook, too
Anti Racism

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Jun 20, 2020

Whiteness

What does my “cultural wallpaper” have to do with racism? — “Being White in America has long been treated, at least by White people, as too familiar to be of much interest. It’s been the default identity, the cultural wallpaper — something described, when described at all, using bland metaphors like milk and vanilla and codes like “cornfed” and “all-American.” Grass…

Whiteness

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Whiteness
Whiteness
Whiteness

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Jun 9, 2020

Racism and Antiracism Resources for White People

(including some that you may not have seen) — The most valuable, foundational antiracism resources for White readers will come from authors and artists of color. Here, I am hoping to mention some works that I see listed slightly less often as I also highlight some that were especially helpful for me. …

Racism

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Racism

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Jun 8, 2020

White People, Meet the Protesters

and then ask yourself why you aren’t joining them. — “Send in the troops!” wrote Senator Tom Cotton in a New York Times editorial on June 3rd, 2020. The senator was responding to the notion that all hell is breaking loose as protests wind through American cities in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. I hear echoes of these sentiments…

White Privilege

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White people, meet the protesters
White people, meet the protesters
White Privilege

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Jun 6, 2020

The Renaissance on the Horizon

and why New York City is always worth it — The city where I live is a microcosm for sentiments that are being expressed across the United States via headlines that include words like mayhem, looting, and swarms. Alarm is expressed in opinion pieces and in the comment sections of news articles where protesters for racial justice are described as…

White Supremacy

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The renaissance on the horizon
The renaissance on the horizon
White Supremacy

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Jun 4, 2020

Soon the wind will whisper, “You don’t have to think about racism today.”

New White antiracists, you can prepare for that moment now — The murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and calls for justice have raised the awareness of many White people who had previously lived in a bubble of disengagement and inattention. We may have been resting in the belief that of course we were against racism, but we hadn’t…

Whiteness

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Soon the wind will whisper, “You don’t have to think about racism today.”
Soon the wind will whisper, “You don’t have to think about racism today.”
Whiteness

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May 29, 2020

#birdwatchingwhileblack

There is a dangerous character in this story and it’s me. — I woke up on May 26th to a story that is told in the national headlines every week, but whose latest installment took place in a location very familiar to me: The Ramble, 38 acres of fairy-tale forest in the middle of Central Park. It was the latest installment of…

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#birdwatchingwhileblack
#birdwatchingwhileblack

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