The problem with colorblindness

Fascinating article in Psychology Today that suggests “colorblindness” is really a form of racism. Many people think colorblind ideology is the same as equality; that is, everyone will be treated the same, and their skin color doesn’t matter (or...

Who are the “deplorables”?

By now everyone has heard about Hillary Clinton’s comment about half of her opponent’s supporters falling into a “basket of deplorables” – sexist and racist mostly. The pushback from her opponent and his surrogates has been hard and...

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...

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...