When Colorblind Parenting Meets Anti-racism
An Ethiopian-born biological anthropologist and father dissects the “myth of race” and reflects on his own deepening understanding of racism in the U.S.
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My Nonbinary Child
An anthropologist muses on what her career and child have taught her about gender stereotypes and fluidity.
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What Scars Say About Sex and Stereotypes
People’s perceptions of scars—from ritual scarification to mastectomy marks—reveal biases about gender, character, and more.
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Why Capitalizing “Black” Matters
SAPIENS supports and adopts the recent change made by many publications to capitalize Black in recognition of the significance of a person or group’s identity—yet, as an anthropology magazine, we must dive deeper into the “myth of race.”
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Archaeologists Respond to the Black Lives Matter Movement
A recent panel discussion encouraged scholars from across the U.S. to consider the experiences and contributions of Black people in this discipline.
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What Does Baseball’s Bilingualism Reveal?
A linguistic anthropologist who is also a baseball aficionado reflects on what can be learned from how language mashups play out on and off the baseball diamond.