topic: race

James Baldwin: The Turkish Decade
August 6, 2014
James Baldwin often journeyed to Turkey to escape the pressures of 1960's America, where his status as both black and gay, in combination...
blog
James Baldwin: The Bookshelf
August 5, 2014
The Amen Corner (1954; Dial Press) Another Country (1962; Dial Press) If Beale Street Could Talk (1974; Dial Press) Blues for Mister...
blog
Unpacking Harris v. Quinn: Labor, Race, and Gender in Caregiving
July 22, 2014
The recent Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn dealt a blow to public sector unions and the labor movement in the US. To recap:...
blog
Underwhelmed by Zadie Smith & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
March 20, 2014
At Warscapes , we felt that what promised to be one of the most exciting conversations in recent times was a little watered down and...
retrospectives
Hypothesis: Whiteness is a Dinosaur
October 26, 2012
Let’s start from this premise. Whiteness is a dinosaur. It may perceive that the asteroid has already struck, that its extinction is...