Articles By: Jessie Daniels

Jessie Daniels

Jessie Daniels, PhD, author and professor at Hunter College in New York City. She's recognized as a national expert on white racism, was featured in Elizabeth Thompson’s Emmy-award winning documentary “Blink,” about a supposedly reformed white supremacist. She's a frequent contributor to the blog Racism Review. Since I co-founding the blog in 2007 with Joe R. Feagin (former president of the American Sociological Association), Racism Review

Cyber racism in high school

Cyber racism in high school
Cyber racism, and panic about these threats, spread across a high school in Louisiana last week.  Facebook messages threatening violence against black students at Assumption High School in Napoleonville, Louisiana led to increased campus security, hundreds of parents taking children out of school...
September 22nd, 2010 | Featured, Talk About Race | Read More

Race, racism & rampage shootings

Race, racism & rampage shootings
Originally posted on Racism Review Earlier this week, Omar Thornton walked out of a meeting in which he was being fired from his job at a beer distributor in Connecticut and opened fire on his former co-workers.  He shot 10 people, eventually killing 8 and ending his own life.  Omar Thornton was African...
August 6th, 2010 | Featured, Talk About Race | Read More

Judith Butler refuses award at Berlin Pride citing racism

Judith Butler refuses award at Berlin Pride citing racism
Originally posted on Racism Review. Last week, noted  social critic and philosophy professor Judith Butler refused the Berlin Civil Courage Award saying, “I must distance myself from this racist complicity” (h/t @blacklooks via Twitter).   Butler was referring to anti-immigrant media campaigns...
June 28th, 2010 | Featured, Talk About Race | Read More

Cyber racism on college campuses

Cyber racism on college campuses
Originally published on Racism Review Racism on college campuses these days often spreads through email or via popular social networking sites, such as Facebook.  This new medium for racist expression is forcing universities to reconsider what it means to provide a safe space on campus for all students. ...
May 4th, 2010 | Education, Featured, Talk About Race | Read More