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The human race card: New leaders, old habits and popular culture
The human race card: New leaders, old habits and popular culture
The baseline of our national culture — who and what we mean when we talk about what it means to be American — isn’t what it used to be
Michael Eric Ross
Oct 26, 2016
Harriet, Martin and John: America rethinks its iconography
Harriet, Martin and John: America rethinks its iconography
Those whom we revere say more about us than about those whom we revere.
Michael Eric Ross
May 1, 2016
The D-word and America
The D-word and America
We’re not having that conversation about race and ethnicity and the myriad dimensions of diversity. That conversation’s having us.
Michael Eric Ross
Feb 28, 2016
Exploring ‘mulatto’ and the mixed-race disconnect
Exploring ‘mulatto’ and the mixed-race disconnect
Unpacking the tragic power of an outdated word, four academics bring their lived experience to the study of America’s mixed-race story
Michael Eric Ross
Nov 21, 2015
Black like she: Rachel Dolezal and what all this says about us
Black like she: Rachel Dolezal and what all this says about us
She told a story. We tell ourselves stories every day.
Michael Eric Ross
Jun 15, 2015
The new playa: How Larry Wilmore changes late-night
The new playa: How Larry Wilmore changes late-night
As someone with the multi-hyphenate talents Hollywood both needs and craves, he’s in a perfect position to be for late-night what Shonda…
Michael Eric Ross
Feb 18, 2015
Ferguson and America, hard by the Rubicon
Ferguson and America, hard by the Rubicon
Is this the wake-up call we get out of bed to answer or the one we sleep through, again?
Michael Eric Ross
Aug 31, 2014
The Justice Brothers
The Justice Brothers
Whether it’s a highway patrolman or the Attorney General of the United States, law enforcement is personal to an African American cop.
Michael Eric Ross
Aug 22, 2014
Ferguson Nation: Michael Brown, Ezell Ford and the war at home
Ferguson Nation: Michael Brown, Ezell Ford and the war at home
Welcome back to the occupation. The one we’ve been living under for years.
Michael Eric Ross
Aug 14, 2014
Fifth of July: Our not-quite freedom summer
Fifth of July: Our not-quite freedom summer
What we’ve gained and lost in 50 years shows: If black Americans’ relationship with America was a Facebook status, it’d be “It’s complicated.”
Michael Eric Ross
Jul 6, 2014
Our predictable outrage
Our predictable outrage
The flap over Donald Sterling says more about us than it says about Donald Sterling
Michael Eric Ross
May 2, 2014
Black History Nation
Black History Nation
Observance of African American history as a common American experience has long since slipped the surly bonds of the shortest month of the year.
Michael Eric Ross
Mar 4, 2014
Blackface: A Halloween tragedy in three actions
Blackface: A Halloween tragedy in three actions
A whimsical holiday gets corrupted at the three-way intersection of fantasy, history and fear.
Michael Eric Ross
Oct 29, 2013
The ‘Dream’ and its legacy in reality
The ‘Dream’ and its legacy in reality
Sometimes, a dream is a wish your heart makes with your head, while you’re wide awake. Martin Luther King understood this.
Michael Eric Ross
Aug 28, 2013
The United States of Amygdala?
The United States of Amygdala?
What’s an almond-shaped structure in the brain’s temporal lobe have to do with race relations? Everything. And nothing.
Michael Eric Ross
Aug 4, 2013
Trayvon as symbol
Trayvon as symbol
One nation under the hood
Michael Eric Ross
Jul 21, 2013
Barack’s frank talk
Barack’s frank talk
With a speech seventeen minutes long, President Obama made another bid for the start of a conversation we as a nation desperately don’t…
Michael Eric Ross
Jul 20, 2013
Paula Deen, the N-word and America
Paula Deen, the N-word and America
The queen of southern cuisine’s revelations say as much about us as they say about her.
Michael Eric Ross
Jul 7, 2013
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