Top stories published by On Race — isms in November of 2016

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Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 22, 2016

“‘Not All White People’ and Derailing Conversations”

“If what someone is saying about white folks and racism doesn’t apply to you, then it isn’t about you, and there’s no reason to make it about you. If you’re feeling a driving need to make it about you anyway, ask yourself where that’s…

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 15, 2016

“Black Best Friend: A Manifesto”

“What is shocking about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl isn’t the fact that the non-white male characters are used as vessels to prop up the white male character. It’s that this plot device is used so often it’s easy to not even realize it.

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Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 17, 2016

“Get Your People”

“So, pantsuit nation, what’s up? Over 50% of white women were in the voting booth voting for fascism, rape culture, and just flat out ignorance? What’s clear is that many folks were speaking out of both sides of their necks this election. Talking about #ImWithHer but laying up with him. I mean…

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 22, 2016

“What black America won’t miss about Obama”

““People I never thought of as racist, people who borrowed money from me — I’ve seen things come out of them that I never thought of,” says Coleman, who works for a nonprofit in Oklahoma that serves the elderly.

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 25, 2016

“Black Friday, Black Folk and Black Guilt”

“I got so many things for my kids that several news outlets attempted to interview me in the Toys R Us in Times Square. I turned them all down because I was ashamed to be Black and proud and participating in Black Friday.

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 5, 2016

“Behind 2016’s Turmoil, a Crisis of White Identity”

“Whiteness means being part of the group whose appearance, traditions, religion and even food are the default norm. It’s being a person who, by unspoken rules, was long entitled as part of “us” instead of “them.”

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 27, 2016

“Even in Therapy, White Privilege Has a Home”

“I needed a safe space outside of my partial identity so I could better navigate through my own thoughts and outside perceptions. Therefore, I decided to see a therapist in hopes of them providing a level of objectivity that I couldn’t find in my…

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 26, 2016

“We don’t need Lincoln-inspired racial ‘unity.’ We need whites to stop being racist.”

“Though he’s now often seen simply as a hero of emancipation, Lincoln had a far more complicated history on race. For years, like most Americans of his time, he espoused white…

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 29, 2016

“People are treating the DAPL protest like Burning Man”

“She added that many protestors appeared to be living off the native Americans, and were taking full advantage of the donations that people had been sending in for the cause. This was a trend noticed by another Twitter user, who…

Jess Brooks in On Race — isms

Nov 3, 2016

“Pew study: 67 percent of white social media users don’t post about race”

“Not everyone is choosing animal videos and vacation pictures over commentary about race and racism. Pew found that black social media users are more likely than white or Hispanic users to use social…

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These were the top 10 stories published by On Race — isms in November of 2016. You can also dive into daily archives for November of 2016 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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