On the Racist Ideas Jesse Owens Could Not Outrun
It is always quite difficult for me to watch Hollywood biopics on celebrated African Americans figures. Too many of these
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American exceptionalism
‘It’s Still All Good’: Black Women’s Race Politics and the Limits of Black Exceptionalism
Image courtesy of The Ebony Archives[1] I was watching the 67th prime time Emmy Awards live when they aired on
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“Concede Nothing” – How to Remember a Storm Ten Years Later
This year marked ten years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. To say New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast would
Read moreTa-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and the Master Narrative of American History
I love Ta-Nehisi Coates. David Brooks…not so much. Biases disclosed, their squabble—if one can even call it that—exposes
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