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Why Obama Will Never Call Out Racism

The President faces a challenge that befalls many successful blacks. How do you talk about racism when your position in life seems to suggest that it doesn't exist?

Judith Warner

Have We Become Deaf and Blind to Hate?

Demonstrators chant Trayvon Martin's name during the Million Hoodie March in Union Square March 21, 2012 in New York.

We’ve made a sacrament of freedom of expression, no matter how heinous. But letting hate speech thrive leads to innocent dead children like Trayvon Martin

How Affirmative Action Backfires at Universities

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The policy of placing students with better-prepared peers ultimately makes classrooms less diverse. Here’s why

Michelle Alexander

The Myth of Desegregation

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A recent study claims segregation has hit the lowest point in a century. Here’s why it’s premature to celebrate

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Is The Help the Most Loathsome Movie in America?

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I’m not sure why so many people flocked to spend hours in this world of American apartheid. For me, watching The Help was like visual waterboarding. Still, Viola Davis should win the Oscar for Best Actress