‘Good Talk’ by Mira Jacob: Heartbreaking, Funny, Vulnerable, & Real
“We think our hearts break only from endings — the love gone, the rooms empty, the future unhappening as we stand ready to step into … Read more
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Understanding Racial Capitalism & Our Beginnings/Ends
By 2020, white households will own 86 times more wealth than black households. “In 2016, the median wealth for nonretired black households 25 years old … Read more
Why Can’t I Be Dark-Skinned In Peace?
I just want constant microaggressions from light-skinned people to go away. I don’t like to talk about my experiences with colorism that much because I … Read more
The Other One Percent And The Indian American Race Problem
Every history I have read of Indians in America seems to cite certain moments or figures which have become almost canonical (if not mythic) in … Read more
Read An Excerpt From Sunil Khilnani’s Incarnations: “Malik Ambar, The Dark-Fated One, 1548-1626”
Originally released as a BBC Radio 4 podcast series, Incarnations is now out as a book which contains 50 short biographies by historian Sunil Khilnani spanning the … Read more
Read An Excerpt From Deepa Iyer’s We Too Sing America
In We Too Sing America (The New Press), nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flashpoints, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in … Read more
What Ferguson Teaches Us About America’s Caste System
Before leaving the law to write, I was a civil litigator for eight years, though I did criminal appellate work during my first year of practice. … Read more
