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A racial double standard

Natsu Taylor Saito (Georgia State): Race and Decolonization: Whiteness as Property in the American Settler Colonial Project. Spencer D. Wood, Joseph T. Jakubek, and Kristin Kellya (Kansas State): You’ve Got to Fight to Be White: The Rural Foundation of the New Militia for Race Control. S.E. Smith on how racist troll Andrew Auernheimer tricked Twitter into promoting white supremacy. White supremacy’s gross symbol: Elias Isquith on what the “the stars and bars” really represent — and why. Being white means never having to say you’re sorry: Chloe Angyal on how the Oklahoma frat scandal exposes a racial double standard. “You can just say it”: Ami Fields-Meyer on what white America can learn from South Africa’s blunt race talk. Stop playing the “race card” card. Michelle Obama on being black: “There will be times when you feel like folks look right past you”. Victor Ray on an open letter to his white grandfather. Sean McElwee on how millennials are more racist than they think: Just look at the numbers (and more). These cops are tired of white people getting freaked out by their black neighbors. Nate Silver on how the most diverse cities are often the most segregated. “I put in white tenants”: DW Gibson on the grim, racist (and likely illegal) methods of one Brooklyn landlord. Where the white people live: Alana Semuels on how self-segregation and concentrated affluence became normal in America. Matthew Yglesias on how Baltimore invented neighborhood segregation. Why white kids in Baltimore get more second chances than black kids. My Baltimore bargain: My corner of the city is an ideal place to live — but the awkward truth is that it is attainable because it’s in a deeply troubled city.