Mark DeYoung (Rice): Dialectic of Enwhitenment: Biopolitics, Auto-Immunity, Religion and Race in the Modern World. Bridget Byrne (Manchester): Rethinking Intersectionality and Whiteness at the Borders of Citizenship. Anoop Mirpuri (Portland State): Racial Violence, Mass Shootings, and the U.S. Neoliberal State. Adam Winkler on how the right to bear arms has mostly been for white people: Gun laws, historically, weren’t colorblind. Alana Semuels on the racist history of Portland, the whitest city in America. The original underclass: Alec MacGillis reviews White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg; and Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance. Matt Staggs on the “decline” of white Christian America, explained in 4 books.
From Slate, a new app and tax calculate how much money white male privilege is worth. Jonathan Church on how the law of large numbers and Bayes theorem can help us think about the concept of white privilege. Dear fellow white people: White privilege is a thing — and Rio was the perfect example. Jennifer Patrice Sims on the reality of imaginary whiteness. Anna Kegler on the sugarcoated language of white fragility. A study finds white people talk about race on social media way less than black people. Zachary R. Wood on why white people need to talk about racism too. Mira Jacob on a flowchart for people who get defensive when talking about racism.
