As a
person of color, you may relate to these factors in some way, but you can never fully inhabit that culture unless you benefit from being class-privileged and white at the same time.
The white stuff: what does an extremely popular new blog about white culture tell us about race in America?
He asks White participants to reach out to a
person of color and have a conversation on a prompt related to issues of race.
Preparing principals to lead the equity agenda
While this antiessentialist critique of the race-sexuality analogies follows from critical theory, the antiracist and
person of color retorts impede progressive projects because they often reinforce heterosexism and, like the comparative approach to race and sexuality used by pro- and anti-gay forces, further marginalize gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people of color.(94)
"Gay rights" for "gay whites"?: Race, sexual identity, and equal protection discourse
At Wake Forest University last fall, one of the few events designated as "mandatory" for freshman orientation was attendance at Blue Eyed, a filmed racism awareness workshop in which whites are abused, ridiculed, made to fail, and taught helpless passivity so that they can identify with "a
person of color for a day." In Swarthmore College's dormitories, in the fall of 1998, first-year students were asked to line up by skin color, from lightest to darkest, and to step forward and talk about how they felt concerning their place in that line.
Thought Reform 101
As the American Civil Liberties Union has written, "No
person of color is safe from this treatment anywhere, regardless of their obedience to the law."
Police and Racial Profiling
Maybe no one really notices when I am the only black person attending an MS support group meeting or when I am the only
person of color sitting in a neurologist's waiting room.
My MS
Not a single
person of color can be found in this frozen city of (Anglo) dreams, this architectural utopia.
Julius Shulman
It means we need to hire many more than one
person of color in our newsrooms.
Taking aim at an elusive target
It's just being a
person of color and we're in a different country.'
Race matters
She was a freed
person of color who witnessed firsthand accounts of the Lincoln presidency.
The fascinating life of Elizabeth Keckley
This year's nominees marked the second year in a row no
person of color was nominated to any of the major acting categories. Mexican director Alejandro G.
How White Are The Oscars?
Perhaps even worse, the diversity of the corps of editors is in question since the Times' executive editor, Dean Baquet, is the only
person of color on the news-side masthead.
Meritocracy's place in a diverse world
Michelle LeBeau, a biracial tomboy raised by her grandparents in rural Wisconsin in 1974, is subjected to taunts and assaults as the only
person of color in town--that is, until a black couple moves in, and Michelle becomes witness to ignorance and savagery.
What to read
I conclude that my accomplishments got me in the door, but the position I was seeking de facto is for a
person of color. This is not an issue of not being good enough.
'Visible' diversity and the university: insistence on the symbolism of 'visible' diversity in a diversity officer hinders real advancement
Much of what is available to young readers follows the cliche of a young
person of color dealing with an identity crisis because of their race.
The young adult boom: it's a mixed bag for teens of color