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The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills

April 3, 2017December 30, 2017 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, Trumpism

This month I interviewed Charles W. Mills about his new book, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism. Mills is

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New President, Same Old Deal: The Parallels Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald J. Trump

April 3, 2017April 6, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins Donald Trump, presidents, racism, Trumpism

An evaluation of the first 100 days of the new President of the United States has become a tradition of

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Race and Civil Rights Dramas in Hollywood

March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 Justin Gomer civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, starring the iconic Sidney Poitier. During the

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Howard University and the Dream Sequence

March 23, 2017March 27, 2017 Josh Myers black politics, black radical tradition, freedom

The idea of “the Dream Sequence” was introduced to me by Howard alum and former professor Acklyn Lynch, a figure

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The Congressional Black Caucus and the Dilemmas of Progressive Politics

March 20, 2017March 24, 2017 Austin McCoy black politics, black protest, Politics

President Donald Trump’s request for White House correspondent April Ryan to “set up” a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus

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