Author Archives: Rachel S.

Things You Learn About Race From a 7 Year Old

A few weeks ago my partner’s son B was here for the holidays, and as usual he and I spent a great deal of time together.  I’m often curious about when and how kids learn about race, and I always … Continue reading

Posted in Race, racism and related issues | 22 Comments

Racial Differences in Traffic Stops and Stop and Frisks

One of the great debates about racial discrimination revolves around police and community relations and in particular racial profiling. In response to such concerns the federal government, and some state and local governments have started collecting data on police interaction … Continue reading

Posted in Race, racism and related issues | 15 Comments

Amnesty International Reports on High Sexual Assault Rates For Native American Women

Here is the page that includes the report summary and links to the full document and related resources, and here is a quote from the executive summary. One in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at … Continue reading

Posted in Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 34 Comments

Why Does This Article on Tween Girls and Shopping Bother Me So Much?

I read this in the New York Times yesterday, and it didn’t sit well with me. Here is a quote: But on this day I’ve come not to bury Abercrombie. I am here to observe my daughter and her two … Continue reading

Posted in Economics and the like, Gender and the Economy, Media criticism, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 37 Comments

Erase Racism Carnival #12

The new Erase Racism Carnival is up over at Double Consciousness.  Go check it out!  The next one will be at Angry Black Woman.  For more info. about upcoming carnivals, you should check out Ally Work.

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Some Things I Said About Race, Criticisms, and Hip Hop in 2003

This discussion over at Pandagon reminded me of an article I wrote a few years ago. Here are a few quotes. On criticism of Hip Hop: Rap music has long been the target of criticism from the popular media, White … Continue reading

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 6 Comments

Erase Racism at Double Consciousness

This month’s Erase Racism Carnival is being held at Double Consciousness. You can submit a blog post for inclusion in the carnival through the blog carnival site by the 17th or you can send a post directly to the blog … Continue reading

Posted in Link farms, Race, racism and related issues | 2 Comments

"Nappy Headed Hos"

That’s a quote from Don Imus.  Because he felt the women of the Rutger’s University basketball team were not sufficiently feminine, he felt it was ok to call them nappy headed hos.  This site has the actualy clip of Imus … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 217 Comments

US Census Bureau Helped With Japanese Internment

This may have been one of the most overlooked stories of last weekend.  Historian Margo Anderson and statistician William Seltzer found evidence that the US Census Bureau participated in the Japanese internment by providing microdata to the Secret Service to help them identity individual … Continue reading

Posted in Elections and politics, Race, racism and related issues | 29 Comments

A Multiracial Movement and a Multiracial Box Won't Solve the Racism Problem

In a comment on the last thread on Rachel’s Tavern about how biracial children affect family approval of black/white relationships Dave of mulatto.org, made the following comment: Professor Rachel Sullivan here gives a good textbook example of propaganda that facilitates … Continue reading

Posted in Race, racism and related issues | 31 Comments