Picturing Queer Africans In The Diaspora
A photographer uses his lens to peer through perceptions of queerness in his ancestral home.
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This Week In Race: Census Worries, Yellowface And Kendall Jenner. Again.
In this edition: posers, pretenders and passers.
'Tar Baby': A Folk Tale About Food Rights, Rooted In The Inequalities Of Slavery
Versions of the story of Bre'r Rabbit outwitting Bre'r Fox exist around the world. At heart, a new book argues, they're really about who controls access to food and subverting the powers that be.
Location A Bigger Influence Than Race For Children In Public Housing
A new study finds that the neighborhood where children in public housing live impacts their life outcomes in more significant ways than race does.
Talking Black-ish With Star Yara Shahidi And Creator Kenya Barris
Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby chat it up with Kenya Barris and Yara Shahidi — the creator and star of ABC's Black-ish.
2 Shows About Race Offer Different Approaches To Building Bridges
Charles Barkley premieres a documentary series on TNT that aims to tackle issues of race in America. Comedian W. Kamau Bell has been hosting United Shades of America on CNN with a similar goal.
I Am Not Your Muslim
An "identity matrix" is a trap that presents itself as the answer to broad-brush generalizations about Muslims as terrorists or radicals, but actually ends up being similarly simplistic.
As Chinese Exclusion Act Turns 135, Experts Point To Parallels Today
The law limited Chinese immigration and barred them from becoming naturalized U.S. citizens.
Soccer Player Protests Racial Taunts — And The Ref Punishes Him
Midfielder Sulley Muntari is from Ghana. When spectators hurled racial epithets at a match in Italy, he complained to the referee. The ref gave him a yellow card.
This Week In Race: Movies, Memoirs And Fans Who Didn't Hit It Out Of The Park
Sometimes, the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice. Even if it takes time, as was the case in South Carolina involving a white police officer and an unarmed black man.