Toni Morrison’s “Paradise” helps explain why Black policemen would carry out the horrific killing of Tyre Nichols.
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“Paradise” Explains Nichols Killing
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Integration’s Child Pioneers
Black children in the early days of integration report intense bullying from peers. Ozeki describes such childhood cruelty in “Tale for the Time Being.”
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Kindred’s Race Lessons
Butler’s “Kindred” awakens us to our racial blindnesses.
Actors of Color in New Tolkien Drama
While some critics, perhaps revealing their racism, are complaining about actors of color in “Ring of Power,” here’s why the casting is good.
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Serena and Venus Transformed Tennis
Serena Williams changed tennis, as this Tony Hoagland poem makes clear.
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The Deep Roots of U.S. Race Hatred
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Water Dancer” describes race dynamics in slave society that still operate today.
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Kesey, Spokesman for Reactionary Men
“One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” anticipates rightwing attacks on women and people of color.
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Iago Resentment Is Destroying America
The “ressentiment” that drives Iago to destroy Othello is present in our own society and equally destructive.
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