Our history of race.

The fact that I want to cry each time I hear a story of someone that voted for the first time, and voted for an African American presidential candidate for the first time is an indication of how much is riding on this election.  Everyone in my camp wants desperately to hope.   But I [...]

Hipster racism and plain old racism

Last week there was a furor over whether the cover of the New Yorker was satirical or racist. Many people went with satirical, because it’s not as comfortable to vote for racist. Or, because they genuinely thought it was funny. The one person that I know who thought it was funny is a loyal reader [...]