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Racism in the United States

In her new book, author Isabel Wilkerson, right, argues a caste system — not race — explains inequality in the United States.

Author Isabel Wilkerson: Caste, not race, is the ‘bones’ of inequality in the US

Only by accepting the framework and language of a caste system can the US begin to heal from 400 years of racial inequality, argues author Isabel Wilkerson.

A black and white photo of a Japanese family (woman, man, child) sitting in a kitchen setting.

The long-lasting scars of Japanese American internment

Critical State
A woman sits at a desk flipping through books.

A Georgia college with historic ties to the KKK confronts its racist past

Richard Spencer

Poland’s right-wing nationalist government objects to visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer

Conflict
A 1923 Ku Klux Klan parade in Albany is pictured

In the shadow of a racist past, Portland still struggles to be welcoming to all its residents

Conflict
Parishioners hold hands during church services at the Greater St. Mark Family Church as the community discusses reactions to the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 17, 2014.

After Ferguson, one woman urges her fellow African immigrants to see themselves simply as black

Culture

The unrest this month in Ferguson, Mo., has many Americans thinking about where we are as a country when it comes to race. One Ethiopian-American writer is urging her fellow African immigrants to be “Ferguson strong” and identify closely with African Americans.

Racism in home lending

Business, Economics and Jobs

Minorities in the United States have long been discriminated against in home lending. New studies have found it’s still going on.

Malcolm X interview

Global Politics

In a 1960s interview, Malcolm X talks passionately about the deep roots of segregation and condemns Martin Luther King’s methods.

The Legal Implications of ‘Performing Race’

Biology determines our racial phenotype: black, white, Asian, Indian, etc., but the complex history of race relations in the United States has also created a set of stereotypes about race based on how we act. Our favorite music, the neighborhood in which we live, our religious affiliation, and even our names – we tend to […]

Exploring Asian American Comic Book Artists and Imagery

Seventy years ago, half of all Americans read comic books, and much of what they saw were stereotypical images of Asian kamikazes, gurus, temptresses, and lotus flowers. How did Asian Americans read these images? How do they see them now? Jeff Yang,  blogger and  writer  for the Wall Street Journal,  curated two new exhibits at the  Museum of Chinese in […]