The History of Systemic Racism that CRT Opponents Prefer to Hide
Critical Race Theory has become a lightning rod for conservative ire at any talk of racism, anti-racism, or non-White history ...
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Escape as Resistance for Enslaved Women During the American Revolution
The escape of ordinary Black women is essential to understanding how women built a culture and a politics of resistance ...
Why a Culture War Over Critical Race Theory? Consider the Pro-Slavery Congressional ‘Gag Rule’
To clarify the reasons behind the sudden rise in attacks against this little-known theory, it can first help to consider ...
On the Ethics of Using the ‘N-Word’ in the Classroom
The reality is that when teachers say or write “N-word,” students know exactly what it symbolizes without any further explanation.
Racial Epistemology and Its Discontents: What Really Makes Concepts ‘Divisive’
The idea that whiteness entails some kind of cognitive dysfunction is certainly offensive to those individuals invested in their whiteness...
Americans Frequently Use Hate to Push Political Agendas and Protect Whiteness
There has nearly always been a place for hate in America, provided it is widespread. When it's not the attitude of ...
Christian Nationalism Is a Political Movement and Its Primary Goal Is Power
Among apologists for Christian nationalism today, the favored myth is that the movement represents an extension of the abolitionism of ...
The Myth of the First Thanksgiving Is a Buttress of White Nationalism and Needs to Go
The Thanksgiving myth has served to reinforce White Christian dominance in the U.S., and it's well past time to dispense ...
Slavery and Your Upcoming Plantation Christmas Tour
Once again this fall, historic southern mansions and plantation sites are gearing up for the annual Christmas season influx of ...
Former Slaves’ Observance of Civil War Dead Led to Creation of Memorial Day
In the recognition of the anniversary of the American Civil War, let us not forget that freed slaves created Memorial ...
‘Resisting Equality’ Looks at Citizens’ Council Hand in Duration of Racism
How does racism survive? This is one of the questions taken up by Stephanie Rolph in her new book, "Resisting Equality: The ...
Trump Evangelicals Long for American Past That Only Existed for Whites
Until the 1970s, Americans—evangelicals and non-evangelicals alike—believed that they were living in a Christian nation.
Maria Stewart: Black Feminist-Abolitionist Propelled by Faith (Remember)
Deeply Christian, and a deeply Christian moralist, Maria Stewart’s lean into Black self-improvement had cast aspersions as much as inspiration ...
Alexander Archer Emancipated Himself, So Why Is He Kneeling Before Lincoln?
Archer Alexander reportedly was the person used as the model for the “Freedman’s Memorial” statue in Washington D.C. But Alexander ...
Slavery in Brazil and the US Differed Greatly—and the Difference Remains Evident Today
Scholars of American slavery have increasingly looked at bondage in other slave societies as a way to better understand their ...
How the GOP Started Becoming the ‘Trump Party’ Decades Ago
If Republicans are lamenting the fact that their party is becoming the Trump party, they need only look back at ...
