Don’t Miss “American Promise” Tonight on POV
A new documentary chronicling the education of two Brooklyn children presents complicated truths about America’s struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity. Continue reading The...
View ArticleClip: Were Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Racist?
The author and legal scholar says the infamous statement played into existing racial biases. Continue reading The post Clip: Were Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Racist? appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
View ArticleDog Whistle Politics: What if Only White People Voted?
The GOP's Southern Strategy has yielded some success, but ultimately race is just a single variable. Continue reading The post Dog Whistle Politics: What if Only White People Voted? appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Dog Whistle Politics of Race (Part II)
Bill continues his conversation with author and legal scholar Ian Haney López about how politicians use strategic racism to win votes. Watch part one. Continue reading The post The Dog Whistle Politics...
View Article“I Guess I’m a Racist” and Other Proclamations That End Conversations About Race
In this book excerpt, Ian Haney López explains why -- for conservatives -- alleging that they've been called racist is a good strategy. Continue reading The post “I Guess I’m a Racist” and Other...
View Article50 Years Later: Why We Must Remember the Civil Rights Movement
We must remember the courage of the people of Mississippi and other Jim Crow states and that the civil rights movement was an endeavor of white and black bonding. Continue reading The post 50 Years...
View ArticleSen. Warren on How America Excluded Black Families From the Middle Class
Warren spoke at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate last night about what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the inseparable twin of racial injustice" -- economic injustice. Continue reading...
View ArticleBill Moyers in Conversation: Eddie Glaude Jr. on ‘Democracy in Black’
In a new two-part podcast, journalist Bill Moyers talks to Princeton professor Eddie Glaude, Jr., author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, called “one of the most daring...
View ArticleWhy We Fail When We Try to Talk About Race in America
Conversations about race in the United States fall short of their stated aims. We declare, usually after some horrific event, that Americans need to have a hard talk about racism. Politicians and...
View ArticleNo Passes for Stereotyping — Of Any Kind
When Mitt Romney dismissed the 47 percent of voters who, he predicted, would support Barack Obama “no matter what,” as “victims” who depend on government assistance, liberal critics called foul. The...
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