Tag Archives: racism

Whoever Degrades Another Degrades Me

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2013

Whitman’s “Song of Myself” calls us to imagine the experience of the Other, just as Obama asked us to imagine the perspective of young black men.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 15, 2013

The racial profiling at the heart of the Trayvon Martin killing is captured nowhere better than in Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.”

By Robin Bates | Published: May 3, 2013

Important though it was, “To Kill a Mockingbird” was also a white liberal fantasy.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 4, 2012

Obama has had to to resist black male anger such as that described in Eliison’s “Invisible Man.”

By Robin Bates | Published: August 28, 2012

Ellison’s “Invisible Man” helps us understand Obama’s and America’s, intricate dance with race issues.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 5, 2012

Faulkner’s “Absolon, Absolon” is a continuing resource for countering the madness of racism.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 2, 2012

Murakami says that the worst thing about bigots is that they are hollow men devoid of imagination.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 15, 2012

The latest “Men in Black” films takes for granted a diverse and multicultural world, set in motion by the 1960’s.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2012

Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” remains relevant, including to the Trayvon Martin case.