Kamala Harris’ Refusal of the One-Drop Rule
Vice President Harris’ views on her identity are pushing the U.S. public to look beyond entrenched, problematic racial boundaries.
The Shameful Persistence of White Supremacy in the United States
This loathsome worldview continues to have an outsize impact on U.S. culture. Can Black Lives Matter and other progressive movements do anything about it?
Why Do We Keep Using the Word “Caucasian”?
A history of Caucasian terminology: When a term signifies something that does not exist, we need to examine our use of it.
Is the Term “People of Color” Acceptable in This Day and Age?
The words we use to describe groups of people say a lot about what we’re grappling with as a society.
Racial Realities
How can biological race not be real, but continue to have real consequences, every day, for all of us? Race is an idea invented by people.
Why We Must Talk About Race
An anthropologist from urban Los Angeles looks at how science, history, religion, power, and politics colluded to create the illusion of race.
