Racial Battle Fatigue

Over ten years ago University of Utah researcher William A. Smith coined the term “racial battle fatigue” while studying how racial “microagressions” marginalized black students at predominately white colleges and universities. Racial Battle Fatigue, he...

Orlando and intersectionality of tragedy

It’s been nearly two weeks since the Orlando massacre and, aside from the still raw shock and grief for many, it’s been interesting to see what’s been reported, not reported, speculated on, debunked, and used as a rallying cry for everything from gun...

How offensive is this Chinese detergent ad?

A new TV spot is creating a firestorm of racist accusations on social media. Here it is: a black man and a Chinese woman are flirting, wherein she thrusts a detergent capsule in his mouth and bundles him into a laundry machine, sits atop the machine as the man spins...

“Expat” vs “Immigrant”

A commentator in The Guardian poses a great question: Why are white people living abroad called expats, while people of color are immigrants? Defined that way, you should expect that any person going to work outside of his or her country for a period of time would be...