Encouraging ignorant questions promotes understanding difference.
Zak Forde Morris, MN I do not mean to use “ignorant,” in the overused negatively-charged sense, but rather in the abstracted dictionary definition of the...
Nephews tell horrible racist “jokes” Unchastized.
L. Williams NH When I complained people laughed. No parental correction. My husband and children are black. I vow to no longer be exposed to...
Ralph Ellison would not laugh, Clint.
Submitted via Twitter: @Only4RM The more I think about the “invisible” Obama, the more I think back on Ellison’s message. Powerful. EXCERPT FROM RALPH ELLISON’S...
But, you didn’t sound black.
Steven Nelson Los Angeles, CA Before the advent of email, people would commonly say this to me when they would meet me after a phone...
Them That’s Got Shall Get. History.
Daria Roithmayr Los Angeles, CA For me, and maybe also for Rich Ford, race isn’t primarily about people’s interpersonal interactions but about big structural processes,...
