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by Hillary Crosley onApril 22, 2012
The black curator says he'd like to make visitors think about race.
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April 20, 2012
Using a conversation with an admitted racist as a jumping-off point, Touré uses his column at Time to explore the nuances of the "mental tumor" that causes such an attitude.
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by Brent Staples onApril 16, 2012
New York Times columnist Brent Staples tackles the stereotyping at play in Trayvon Martin's death. Many Americans, he points out, draw the same conclusions as gunman George Zimmerman did.
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by Eric Hinton onApril 8, 2012
The conservative magazine found John Derbyshire's comments about blacks "nasty and indefensible."
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by Mychal Denzel Smith onApril 7, 2012
We can't just talk about racism during a big national story. We need constant dialogue.
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by Issa Rae onMarch 30, 2012
Reflecting on the hateful response to her Shorty Award win, Awkward Black Girl creator Issa Rae writes in a piece for xoJane that it reminds her why she wanted to create the Web series in the first place.
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by Jonathan Capehart onMarch 20, 2012
Jonathan Capehart writes in an opinion piece for the Washington Post that one of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people's suspicions. He says that the Trayvon Martin shooting is a reminder that that burden is still his to bear.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 19, 2012
A study reveals that it can be a factor.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onMarch 3, 2012
Why we shouldn't accept an apology from the federal judge who sent an offensive email about Obama.
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by Emira Woods onFebruary 19, 2012
Global community must act to end their torture and killing in post-Qaddafi Libya.
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