Response to Responses to The Onion’s Hipster Misogyny
Singling out a young girl—a child—for that kind of treatment was gratuitous and hostile. It’s hurtful enough to hear it …
Category Archives: Race
Racial Profiling, Islamophobia, and Whistleblowers: Targeting the Unruly Threat
Revised (11:05 am/Feb. 18, 2013). I’ve been dithering about writing this column for a while. But my Twitter feed in …
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Advantages of Not Being Female, Muslim, or Black*
What I do know is that nothing in the world can justify a man being thus thrown to the dogs. …
Fear and Loathing of and by Brown People: Let’s Remember Our Histories
Yesterday, I received this message on a list of family friends and relatives who would self-identify as Indian. The email, …
Race, Murder, and Mayhem in America: Considering the Links
Glenn Greenwald is right to be skeptical of any direct causal links between the horrific events such as the Sikh …
Dharun Ravi, Hate, and Race: Reflections, Part 2
My thoughts continue to turn to the Dharun Ravi case. An important question has emerged on Twitter sites and other …
Diversity v. Racial Justice
I found this clip of an interview for a film that some Hampshire students were making on race and affirmative …
Homophobic Harassment, Self-Deportation, and Surveillance
The New Yorker ran a thoughtful piece by Ian Parker on the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a gay Rutgers University …
LGBTQ Young People of Color Mic Check
Clearly, these young folks get it: they understand the importance of transracial, transnational, solidarity. And they make clear that they …
Progressives, Truth-telling, and Human Rights Issues
Revised version: Thanks to Glenn Greenwald’s mentions of my Jan. 6 post on this site, and thanks to the readers …
