Tag: post-racial

Why Race Remains Relevant

.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve  done a lot of reading on race and its progeny, on the effects of our hatreds, on the traditions of prejudice.  As a child, it began as an interest, a hobby.  I was naturally drawn to things that were race- related.  Not dolls, miniature kitchen sets or even sports but books, movies, pictures that […]

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When Race Was Relevant

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Relevant, adj. 1. closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand Race is not timeless.  It is not a classic.  It will go out of style just as soon as we, humans, stop fashioning ourselves according to the social coloring of skin. We call ourselves progressive but can’t believe that we will ever get […]

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Fifteen Reasons Why I Left Race

.Reading time 6 minutes.

I have struggled with the concept of race since my early teens. Though race, racism, stereotypes and prejudices have been and continue to be used as a rationale for the ways of American society and its citizens, it was never justified for me. Race did not and remains unable to explain or excuse behavior that would […]

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