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When White Women Matter

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On February 2, 2026
Interesting essay about when the far right thinks white womanhood needs protecting and when it is happy to murder white women like Renee Good. It looks back to that ur-text of the far right in American popular culture, Birth of a Nation, to help us...

Backlash

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On November 9, 2021

The problem with America is the problem of whiteness. It's hard to get around this conclusion. As John Huntington and Lawrence Glickman explore in their recent Atlantic piece, one common.

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White Fears

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On June 10, 2021
Now I can see why we need to protect Maddie and Connor from going to school with Black kids. Might make their parents feel a bit anxious, having to interaction with the other people! White people often feel anxious about interacting with non-Whites, and they...
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Whiteness as Zero Sum Game

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On December 3, 2015
Kali Holloway considers the recent poll showing whites thinking they suffer from racial discrimination and the recent study of growing death rates for middle-aged whites to explore whiteness as a zero-sum game: That is, they perceived racism, and the limitations it sets on African Americans...
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