Finally, a national conversation on race
For years, we’ve all been lamenting the lack of a real, meaningful national discussion on race. Starting TODAY, we hope you’ll join with us to fix that. Following in the tradition of dialogue championed by Race-Talk, we are very excited to announce today the “Race & America’s Future Virtual Book Club” – a six-week, online [...]
USDA’s Shirley Sherrod, consumer rudeness, and the conundrum of blacks in power
July 23, 2010 No CommentBy Dr. Ibram H. Rogers The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently forced its Georgia director of rural development, Shirley Sherrod to resign for her supposed racism. On Monday, a conservative blogger published a two-minute, 38-second video clip of a March 27 NAACP banquet. In the video, Sherrod apparently says she was in a position to come [...]
Continue reading …We continue to act surprised when incidents occur that make it clear: race matters. The recent hubbub about the Harvard Law student email struck me as interesting for one main reason. We were surprised. Most of the commentary focused on the student, Harvard Law School, or law school in general (see this link for an [...]
Continue reading …Generally when someone says that a situation isn’t about race, they are mistaken. It is. At least for somebody the situation is about race. The questions become just how much of it is about race and how many somebodies are we talking about? A current case in point is the evaluation of the Chairman of [...]
Continue reading …The zero-sum argument that pits black Americans against undocumented workers is a false premise
March 18, 2010 No CommentHenry Fernandez, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress contributed to this article At the heart of this specious challenge to fairness for all U.S. workers is the idea that blacks resent undocumented Latino immigrants for taking away jobs that would rightfully belong to them. Restrictionist opponents to immigration reform seize on this line of [...]
Continue reading …What’s funny about this video? The answer probably says a lot more about you than it does about the video. Is the video racist? Sometimes, it depends on who is watching.
Continue reading …I’ve been navigating the waters of race conversations for over two decades and discovered that success in race relationships is a lot like training for a marathon. In both race talks and running I intimately know the importance of pacing, patience and pain. When I ran my first half marathon three years ago, I couldn’t [...]
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