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White Privilege Keeps Crack-Smoking Mayor in Office
In 1988 the white American feminist writer Peggy McIntosh wrote a powerful essay, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Based on Racial Inequality” (pdf). McIntosh argued eloquently that although racial progress had taken place, there was still a power differential between whites and people of color. McIntosh’s essay was groundbreaking because she was a white…
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Why I Hate Being a Black Man
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Guardian newspaper. It appears with the writer’s permission. Every time I sit on a crowded street car, bus or subway train in Toronto, I know I will have an empty seat next to me. It’s like a broken record. Sometimes I don’t mind having the extra space, but…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
