"New chapter on the Obama phenomenon"--Cover. The strange enigma of race in contemporary America -- The central frames of color-blind racism -- The style of color blindness : how to talk nasty about ...

In his compelling new treatise on race, The Virtue of Color-Blindness, Andre Archie laments that no one has made the “conservative case for the virtue of American color-blind principles in a manner ...

Via Open To Debate-- When you think about the world’s most intractable problems, racial inequality is among the most challenging. Societies have grappled not just with how to treat community members ...

An illusion of equality, the phrase holds with it a certain danger – it walks the line of racism. Clearly, while racial difference has led to oppression for some, it has meant privilege for others.

Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies.

The president promoted a widely-contested racial ideology during his inaugural address. One expert points out why that concept is not only ineffective — but insulting.

A brouhaha broke out recently when it was revealed that TED treated a talk on color blindness by Coleman Hughes (who is black, if that matters), with surprising levels of hostility. Mr. Hughes and TED ...

Max Eden and Michael Hartney writing for the Spring issue of City Journal: In a recent study, “A House Divided? What Americans Really Think About Controversial Topics in Schools,” researchers at the ...

Achieving this goal will require a lot more than banning racial preferences in college admissions. That includes some measures that will make the political right uncomfortable, as well as the left. In ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Collection title: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Diversity Equity Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) Collection. DSI The strange enigma ...