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Why Black Women Can’t Breathe

February 21, 2019March 31, 2019 Celeste Henery Black women, health, Racial Violence, racism

Eric Garner’s gasp “I can’t breathe” in the chokehold of a New York City Police Department officer transformed into a

Working-Class Politics and the Carceral State

February 6, 2019March 31, 2019 Keelyn Bradley capitalism, Racial Violence, racism, white supremacy

In the United States, whiteness as metaphysical absence is a prerequisite for economic class neutralization, allowing the aesthetic malleability and

‘White Rebels in Black’: An Interview with Priscilla Layne

January 24, 2019January 29, 2019 Kira Thurman African Diaspora, Black Europe, Germany, race, racism, white supremacy

In today’s post, Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, interviews Priscilla

The Rhetoric and Methods of the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote

December 14, 2018December 24, 2018 Denise Lynn Mississippi, racism, Resistance, South, voting, white supremacy

After attempting to register Black voters, pushing school integration, and challenging segregation in transportation throughout the 1950s, activists in Mississippi

More Than Just Words: Taking Antiracism Seriously

December 10, 2018December 24, 2018 Sasha Turner black intellectual history, race, racism, teaching

From bumper stickers and social media hashtags and memes, to think tanks and think pieces, the concept ‘antiracist’ has saturated