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Hood-Adjacent: Place and Class in Black American Life

It would be wonderful to live in a world without labels or stereotypes. But it is impossible to analyse complex widescale social trends without thinking in terms of broad categories…

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Black America: Is There Truth in Advertising?

If you’ve seen any American television advertising of late, you might easily conclude that the nation has undergone an astonishing demographic shift: there are no more white people. All right,…

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11 min

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The Complex Roots of Black Conservatism

Few fixtures on America’s political and cultural scene tell us more about the perilous state of our racial discourse than the phenomenon of black conservatism. While virtually every other confluence…

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11 min

Politics

The Plantation Theory of Politics

Over the past few years, a troubling narrative has emerged about the living conditions of the so-called white working class. Ever since the release of a landmark study detailing higher…

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6 min

Politics

Joe Biden and the Limits of Identity Politics

Image by Gage Skidmore Joe Biden is no stranger to controversy, and an awkward comment during a recent interview has thrust him once again into the spotlight for the wrong…

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Hood-Adjacent: Place and Class in Black American Life

Black America: Is There Truth in Advertising?

The Complex Roots of Black Conservatism

The Plantation Theory of Politics

Joe Biden and the Limits of Identity Politics

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