stuff white people do

Other work is calling me away from effective management of this blog, so I'm going to take a break. Many thank-yous to the uncountabl...

It's Friday! How about some music? Here's a video by Jasiri X called "What if the Tea Party was Black" (lyrics below). ...

This is a guest post by Joanna, who blogs at My Name is JuJuBe . She's wondering just where the lines are for white people between ...

Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d’Alene)          Go, Ghost, Go At this university upon a hill,          I meet a tenured professor    ...

[Updates below] In apparent reaction to recent revelations of blatant Tea Party racism , Fox and other news outlets have seized on a rel...

This is a guest post by Epi Tales, who writes at a blog of the same name, where this post also appears . She writes of herself, "I can’...

This is a follow-up to the previous swpd post , in response to many of the readers' comments there. Here's something that I as a ...

( source ) I refuse to go along with this week's warm, feel-good celebrations of Harper Lee's novel (published fifty years ago to...

Oscar Grant (February 27, 1986 -- January 1, 2009) ( source ) I'm following Average Bro's lead here in opening up the comment...

Two readers wrote this week with what amounts to a similar question -- is it ever okay for white people to blame non-white people for action...

Paul Mooney ( source ) In his book Black Is the New White , comedy legend Paul Mooney writes the following about breaking into stand-up in...

Comedian John Oliver of "The Daily Show" is at it again, making light of racism in Africa. Last year, he provided a pungent exampl...

We were founded on a very basic double standard. This country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free. Am I right? A group of slav...

Lots of email this week! The conversations at swpd about some readers' stories and queries have clearly helped to discern the intricate ...

KB, a non-white reader, wrote about the following situation, wondering if the feelings it provoked are legitimate. Can you offer this person...