“Transforming White Fragility Into Courageous Imperfection”

““White fragility” — it’s a term I had never heard before Saturday night. A friend uttered it in reference to how so many white people respond when challenged about racism, and I felt like someone had turned the lights on. It…

“Black ‘Harry Potter’ Characters Aren’t Just Beautiful — They’re Revolutionary”

“There’s an unspoken rule in literature: Characters are white unless explicitly described otherwise. Take, for example, Hermione Granger from Harry Potter: Thanks to actress Emma Watson, we…

“Miley Cyrus Whitesplains Race to Nicki Minaj and Misses the Point Entirely”

“You can denounce racism, black people — but do it nicely.

Cyrus then went on to take an even more personal direct jab at Minaj.

“You deplete me: The cognitive costs of colorblindness on ethnic minorities”

“People are oftentimes unaware of the ideologies endorsed by their colleagues and peers, yet these ideologies may influence them in powerful ways. Indeed, the more White employees endorse a…

“SENSE8 AND THE FAILURE OF GLOBAL IMAGINATION”

“Like many fantastical or science fictional premises, Sense8’s premise is a wish fulfillment: not — as is typical of this genre and the Wachowskis’ earlier work — the wish fulfillment of the disempowered middle school nerd stuffed into a locker…

“How Liberalism and Racism Are Wed”

“I began to explore race as a critical category of political philosophy, and as a product of political institutions. The biggest surprise was my coming to understand that “liberalism” and systematic racism were not antithetical, but inherently compatible, and that…

“What it Means to be Mixed Race During the Fight for Black Lives “

“I was raised by the white side of my family, in mostly white areas. I had white friends most of my life, not because of any type of preference, but because that’s who was around. I grew up Eastern European folk…

“If You’re a White Man Who Can’t Get Published Under Your Own Name, Take the Hint”

“Published by the University of Nebraska-affiliated literary journal Prairie Schooner, “The Bees…” made it into BAP 2015 under the authority of this year’s guest editor, the fluidly-genred…