The Curse of the Tiki Torch
I’m not saying that the University of Virginia will be cursed forever because of what happened last year in Charlottesville.
Replacing Confederate Fables With Black-Girl Magic: UVA Honors Vivian Pinn
Editor’s note: Once a month, the National Interest column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase educational opportunities for black youths.
New Poll Finds Majority Oppose White Supremacists—Even While Sharing White Supremacist Views
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll done in collaboration with the University of Virginia Center for Politics has found that while respondents by and large reject white supremacists and neo-Nazis, many share the same racial beliefs to which these vilified groups subscribe.
There’s Nothing ‘Fringe’ About These White People
The comforts in considering the white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., to be fringe are obvious. For white people, speaking of them and their views as if they’re unique and anomalous allows them (the “good” white people) to distinguish themselves from these racists, while also minimizing their ubiquity and…
Those Va. Police Really Fucked the Dog in Charlottesville, Eh?
If you’re like me, you’ve been glued to the television for much of this morning watching the events unfold in Charlottesville, Va., as white nationalists descended into the city for a Unite the Right rally in protest of an earlier City Council decision to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
University of Va. Lecturer Takes Leave After Comparing Black Lives Matter to KKK
A University of Virginia adjunct professor is facing backlash after comparing Black Lives Matter to the horrific racism and terror of the Ku Klux Klan, the Washington Post reports.
