Aryans in Arcadia: The early New Age movement was entwined with racist beliefs — though modern adherents have moved on, cultural appropriation still links them to its troubling roots. Tasneem Nashrulla on a history of racism at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Racism in the classroom: Libby Nelson on how the “soft bigotry of low expectations” is just regular bigotry. Jack Holmes on how white kids get medicated when they misbehave, black kids get suspended — or arrested. Following the success sequence? Success is more likely if you’re white. So you flunked a racism test — now what? Erik Bryan on why it’s the duty of every white American to burn a Confederate flag. Matthew Pratt Guterl on how Jack Reacher embodies the American view of justice: White, male, and lawless. Jenee Desmond-Harris on how white people have a race — but everyone flips out when we talk about it.
