David Wozniak (Eastern Michigan) and Tim MacNeill (UOIT): Lies, Discrimination, and Internalized Racism: Findings from the Lab. Teaching the controversy: Benjamin Anastas on James Baldwin and Richard Wright in the Ferguson era. The worst possible scenario to come out of Baltimore and Ferguson: There is a very real possibility that we get a political backlash, and not social progress. Jamil Smith writes in defense of “uppity-ism”: Michelle Obama urged Tuskegee grads to “rise above the noise” — all black Americans should take her advice. UNC’s Hall of Shame: A Klansman’s name has finally been scrubbed from a campus building — now what? Kate Dries on how to fix a racist frat. Can racism be stopped in the third grade? Lisa Miller on how an experiment at Fieldston, which starts when 8-year-olds are sorted by race, has some very liberal parents fuming. John Archibald on how Alabama taught its children to be racists — and what will it do with science? Yoni Appelbaum on McKinney, Texas, and the racial history of American swimming pools. Emily Badger on how the rise of gated spaces like swimming pools can quietly perpetuate racial tension. Jesse Singal on how racism doesn’t work the way you think it does. Jenee Desmond-Harris on how watching the local news could make you racist. Nothing short of liberation ally-ship isn’t enough: To confront structural racism, we need a politics of solidarity.
