Anti-Black Racism

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Rage against violence. Rage against oppression. Rage against poverty. Rage against suffering. How do we fuel the struggle for justice with rage? In this discussion, we explore rage and its potential for transformative racial justice, the…

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CRT and the SBC

Fights over Racism Highlight Southern Baptist Divide

It was late May, but Denny Burk’s mind was on June.^{^[1]} A professor of biblical studies at Boyce College in Kentucky and an associate pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church—both institutions affiliated with the…

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Woman holding sign that reads "I pledge to always teach the truth"

School board meetings across the country have seen an influx of parents and community members over the last few months, many there to fight Critical Race Theory (CRT)—something that the majority of primary and secondary schools don’t teach, and a…

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No Fascist USA!

A Q&A with Hilary Moore, co-author of No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today’s Movements

Two people at a protest. One is holding a flag, wearing a leather jacket. The other man is wearing a white t-shirt with anti-nazi writing.

While the militant antifascist movement known as “Antifa” has prompted confused media coverage and plentiful consternation among conservatives, direct confrontation with the Far Right is not a new idea in the U.S. Beginning in 1977, a group of…

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Antisemitic and Anti-Black

Conservative Jewish Magazine Features Uncensored White Nationalism

On June 11, the American Jewish publication Tablet published a lengthy interview with Kevin MacDonald, a White nationalist and antisemite whose voluminous writings on Jews have shaped the movement responsible…

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Epicenter: Chicago

Reclaiming a City from Neoliberalism

Introduction In many ways, all eyes are on Chicago. The city increasingly finds itself at the epicenter of multiple discourses of violence and safety – from hubristic Presidential tweets claiming federal intervention is necessary to address Chicago’…

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The Road to Flint

The Right’s 50-Year Anti-City Agenda

It’s not by chance that the U.S. is full of hollowed-out urban centers. Residents are disproportionately poor and people of color, surrounded by wealthier and Whiter suburbs. It traces back to the Great Migration, which brought great numbers of…

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The New Southern Strategy

How Christian Persecution Became White Supremacy’s Newest Disguise

Donald Trump shakes hands with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins at the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington.

On Election Day, White evangelicals turned out in force for Trump, with over 80 percent voting for the Republican ticket. Their game-changing status became undeniably clear, but so did an unsavory truth about their “values voter” identity. For all…

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Mothers of White Supremacy

Q&A with Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

Although historically, White women have supported the political, cultural, and social systems of White supremacy, there’s still a surprising level of confusion and shock when White women today do the same. Media narratives continue to assume,…

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Black Lives Over Broken Windows

Challenging the Policing Paradigm Rooted in Right-Wing “Folk Wisdom”

Regrouping for day 3 of the week of outrage surrounding the denial of justice for Eric Garner on December 10, 2016

When protesters developed a platform to end police violence in the wake of the 2014 police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the first of their 10 demands was to end “broken windows” policing, the law enforcement paradigm…

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Tracking Blackness: A Q&A with Dark Matters Author Simone Browne

Simone Browne, an associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, describes her new book, Dark Matters: On The Surveillance of Blackness, as a conversation between Black Studies and Surveillance…

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Crime Control & Political Repression

From the War On Drugs To The War On Terror

American political time is often rhetorically divided into before and after the attacks of September 11, 2001. In this model, “before” signals liberty and respect for individual rights while “after” brought increasing restrictions and surveillance…

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35 Years of Demonization

The Criminalization of Black Women

Black woman in field facing away from camera with arms in the air crossed at the wrist.

Between 1990 and 2000, the number of people in U.S. prisons and jails increased from 292 per 100,000 to 481 per 100,000. But the number of women in prison rose even more sharply, doubling over the ten-year period.

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What Is ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism in the Digital Age?

The concept of autonomous “Lone Wolf” terrorism as a dominant strategy for U.S. political extremists has been widely discussed recently, especially after the horrific mass shooting in Charleston earlier this year, which was allegedly planned and…

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Policies That Make People Disappear

Activist Shana Griffin on Post-Katrina New Orleans Housing

Protesters holding a sign that says "Make this neighborhood mixed income"

Rep. Richard H. Baker, a Republican congressman from Baton Rouge, was quoted as telling lobbyists in September 2005, “We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.”

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Charleston & Chattanooga

How “Hatred” Hides History

The Charleston and Chattanooga shooters had very similar lives and stories. Yet one’s actions are labeled as terrorism, and the others’ as “hate.”

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Charleston Massacre An Attack on Christianity? Yes, But Not How the Christian Right Says

Immediately following the mass murder some Christian Right leaders jumped onto the airwaves to claim the shooting was an example of the campaign against religious freedom in America. It turns out they were onto something, just not what they had…

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How the Right is Co-Opting #BlackLivesMatter to Roll Back Repro Rights

The Right’s success in reframing and co-opting social justice movements has derailed more than one progressive campaign. Among them is an emerging effort to convert the “Black Lives Matter” rallying cry into an anti-abortion one.

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5 Right-Wing Media Narratives Attacking the 'Black Lives Matter' Movement

Black Lives Matter protests have electrified the country, and the Right has responded with its usual bag of tricks, as it tries to ensure that the U.S. racial hierarchy remains intact. The Right’s approaches include trying to make the conversation…

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Defending Justice: How Does Law & Order Play Out in Racial Terms?

You might imagine that an increased emphasis on law and order would result in increased attention to all forms of law-breaking. But addressing police brutality and other forms of State violence clearly is not the focus of law-and-order policies.

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Lincoln, Slave Narratives, and Hollywood’s Neoliberal Agenda

Why does Hollywood keep distorting history to portray exceptional individuals rescuing America from collective problems?

(Editorial note: This essay has been revised and updated from a previous version. 11/5/2014.) Recently, a number of acclaimed films focusing on the life of Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War have distorted historical reality to suggest that…

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White Supremacist “Analyst” on Cable News’ Coverage of Zimmerman & Dunn Trials

Media coverage of the trials has become enormous boon for certain white supremacists, who have managed to use mainstream news outlets as a platform for bigotry. Nowhere is this more evident—and disturbing—than in the case of Frank Taaffe.

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Guns and Racism

The Critical Issue We're Not Allowed to Discuss

As gun control advocates push for stricter gun laws, and pro-gun groups continue to push back, there’s one important aspect of the debate conservatives tend to fear discussing: race.

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Into the Whirlwind

The emergence of the Tea Party and its de facto takeover of the GOP have been a shock to many mainstream pundits and politicos. The domination of Tea Party ideology is complete enough to have forced a partial government shutdown, raised the threat…

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"Klansville USA"

An Interview with David Cunningham

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David Cunningham became interested in the Ku Klux Klan while conducting research for his dissertation at the University of North Carolina. He originally focused on how the FBI dealt with the Civil Rights Movement, but his research led to a…

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Conservatism: Racism When You Need It

While the Far Right—White supremacists and neo-Nazis—had no issue with openly promoting “White rights,” the Right Wing attempted to remove themselves from bigoted attitudes and activities. The New Right Republicans of the time, if discovered making…

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The Charlotte Lozier Institute aims to abolish abortion rights in the United States by recasting antichoice as authentic feminism, promoting incremental antichoice laws, and undermining the work of the prochoice Guttmacher Institute. Though it bills…

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What Would Real Justice for Trayvon Martin Look Like?

This commentary originally published at In These Times. The acquittal of George Zimmerman made us furious. But will a hate-crime conviction…

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This is an excerpt of an article originally published at Colorlines. Last December, Care Net—the nation’s largest network of evangelical Christian crisis pregnancy centers—featured a birth announcement of sorts on the website of its 10-year-old…

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“If You Love Children, Say So”

The African American Anti-Abortion Movement

Introduction For those on either side of the abortion debate there are great stakes involved with the outcomes of the upcoming 2004 elections. There could be the possibility of three open vacancies on the Supreme Court within the next few years,…

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A collection of signs reading slogans for the Black Lives Matter movement covering a fence.

Garrett Hardin Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economic and Population Taboos Oxford University Press, 1993 Tomas Almageur Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California University of…

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CRT and the SBC

Sowing the Seeds of White Supremacy Through Education

No Fascist USA!

Antisemitic and Anti-Black

Epicenter: Chicago

The Road to Flint

The New Southern Strategy

Mothers of White Supremacy

Black Lives Over Broken Windows

Tracking Blackness: A Q&A with Dark Matters Author Simone Browne

Crime Control & Political Repression

35 Years of Demonization

What Is ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism in the Digital Age?

Policies That Make People Disappear

Charleston & Chattanooga

Charleston Massacre An Attack on Christianity? Yes, But Not How the Christian Right Says

How the Right is Co-Opting #BlackLivesMatter to Roll Back Repro Rights

5 Right-Wing Media Narratives Attacking the 'Black Lives Matter' Movement

Defending Justice: How Does Law & Order Play Out in Racial Terms?

Lincoln, Slave Narratives, and Hollywood’s Neoliberal Agenda

White Supremacist “Analyst” on Cable News’ Coverage of Zimmerman & Dunn Trials

Guns and Racism

Into the Whirlwind

"Klansville USA"

Conservatism: Racism When You Need It

The Charlotte Lozier Institute Plots New Strategies in War on Women

What Would Real Justice for Trayvon Martin Look Like?

Crisis Pregnancy Centers Target Black Communities

“If You Love Children, Say So”

Racial Privilege, Racial Threat

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