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We Shouldn't Stop Talking About Race
One day I asked my college students their views on the state of race in America. A young lady rolled her eyes and clucked her tongue. “Well,” she said, “maybe if everybody stopped talking about it so much, it would go away.” “Actually,” I told her, “it won’t.” Anybody who thinks they can simply wish…
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The Blackest Eye
As she observes the racial dynamics at play in the Democratic presidential contest, Toni Morrison must be somewhere biting her nails. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer never struck me as the nervous type, but if ever there was a case for the jitters, it is now. In recent months, Morrison has had to stand back and…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
