Steven W. Bender (Seattle): Gringo Alley. How do you solve a problem like Cecilia? A once-fierce advocate of immigrant rights turns into the Obama administration's mouthpiece on deportations. The end of Chinatown: Does China’s rise mean the end of one of America’s most storied ethnic enclaves? A review of All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos) by Catherine C. Robbins. How do you prove you’re an Indian? Human zoo: For centuries, indigenous peoples were displayed as novelties. Why are Indian reservations so poor? John Koppisch a look at the Bottom 1%. Tribal fates: Wynne Parry on why the Navajo have succeeded. Un-Civil War: When North fought South, it was Indians who lost. American Indians with African ancestry outdid "full bloods" in reproductive terms in the early 1900s, despite the odds being against them. Now that race is back at center stage, the times are ripe for Patrice Evans’s Negropedia, a funny/serious dissection of the racial landscape. A review of Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women's Activism in the Beauty Industry by Tiffany M. Gill. Adam Winkler uncovers the surprising racist roots of gun control in America — and how the NRA and other groups flipped entirely. "Sovereigns" in Black: Members of "Moorish" groups and other black Americans are taking up the ideas of the radical "sovereign citizens" movement. Ta-Nehisi Coates on what Bill Cosby means to the white populist mind. A review of One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s by Thomas R. Pegram and Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 by Kelly J. Baker. The League of the South started out verbally defending the South, then went on to advocate secession — now, its rhetoric has turned to arms. Andrew Jackson, original teabagger: Unlike his effete rival, he loved stock-carriage races and getting shot — meet the first Real American.
