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Since the mid-20th century, a handful of white journalists have tried to understand the complexity of the Black experience through donning a costume. Reg Burkett/Express/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

June 12, 2024

There’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black

Alisha Gaines, Florida State University

These endeavors end up turning the complexity of Black life into a stunt.

White Americans who hold racist attitudes are likely to prefer military action over diplomacy in foreign countries like Iran and, in particular, China. Frank Rossoto Stocktrek via Getty

June 16, 2021

Racial bias makes white Americans more likely to support wars in nonwhite foreign countries – new study

Vladimir Enrique Medenica, University of Delaware and David Ebner, University of Delaware

Analysis of US survey data finds that white people who hold racist views are more likely than others to favor military action over diplomacy in China and Iran, and to endorse the global war on terror.

September 30, 2020

How the failure of multiculturalism led to the rise of Black Lives Matter

Colins Imoh, University of Bradford

Without Black Lives Matter the promise of true multiculturalism will continue to remain something of a pipe-dream.

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Alisha Gaines
Associate Professor of English, Florida State University
Colins Imoh
Research fellow at the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity, University of Bradford
Vladimir Enrique Medenica
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Delaware
David Ebner
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware

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