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A Starkly Different Iron Man: Black, Female, And 15 Years Old
Her name is Riri Williams. She reverse-engineered her own version of the Iron Man battlesuit in her MIT dorm room, got kicked out, and struck out on her… -
Actor Jesse Williams Makes Passionate Speech On Race At BET Awards
Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams received passionate cheers during a rousing speech he made on the state of racism and police brutality in our country… -
How LGBTQ People Of Color Are Dealing With Orlando: Code Switch Podcast, Episode 4
The attack on a largely Latino crowd at a gay nightclub in Orlando by a Muslim American mass shooter has meant different things to different people. The… -
My 'Oriental' Father: On The Words We Use To Describe Ourselves
My dad, who came to the U.S. in 1969 from Hong Kong, who speaks English-lilted-with-Taishanese, who has lived in Connecticut for two-thirds of his life —… -
After 50-Year Legal Struggle, Mississippi School District Ordered To Desegregate
Exactly 62 years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional.The Brown v. Board of Education… -
It's Gotten A Lot Harder To Act Like Whiteness Doesn't Shape Our Politics
Ahead of our forthcoming podcast, I’ve been heads-down in some reading and interviews about the way we talk about, well, white people. Whiteness has… -
What it's like to be the butt of the joke. One of the kids at the Oscars speaks out.
In January, 8-year-old Estie Kung went to four countries in two weeks to promote “Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown.” The show pits a cast of five child cooks… -
I AM black enough.
I am black, though for most of my life, I’ve heard from various people that I’m not.I’ve heard it from a black man who told me I “act white” based on my… -
Faust: Harvard Must Recognize Its Ties To Slavery
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust says the Ivy League school must recognize its ties to the slave trade.In an essay published in the student… -
Don't Miss Jay Caspian Kang On Asian-Americans, Whiteness, And Peter Liang
Over at the New York Times Magazine, Jay Caspian Kang recently had a really sharp essay on protests by Asian Americans over the conviction of Peter Liang,…
