racism - Quillette (Page 2)

Intersectionalism Is Nonsense. But the Backlash Against It Is Very Real

The theory of intersectionality, now widely embraced by self-described feminist activists, maintains that non-whites, women, and LGBT individuals face systemic oppression whose scope increases according to the number of minority statuses a person holds.

Debra Soh

30 Jul 2019 · 5 min read

How the IDW Can Avoid the Tribalist Pull

Regardless of how one feels about the “IDW” brand, the heterodox movement associated with that label has had a significant and largely positive cultural impact.

Cathy Young

24 May 2019 · 11 min read

Quillette Podcast 29 – Coleman Hughes on an allegedly racist incident at Barnard College

Quillette / Coleman Hughes

23 Apr 2019 ·

Cowardice at Columbia

If you find it implausible that a progressive women’s college in the middle of New York City is enforcing de facto Jim Crow at the security gate, your skepticism is warranted.

Coleman Hughes

19 Apr 2019 · 6 min read

How I was Kicked Out of the Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting

We must stand up to those who have no interest in the discipline of Classics or its survival—who even seek its destruction.

Mary Frances Williams

26 Feb 2019 · 20 min read

Dear White People, Black People—And All People

Faddish critical framework now commonly used by progressives to describe how racism, sexism, homophobia etc. act upon people in interconnected ways.

Chloé Valdary

6 Feb 2019 · 8 min read

Tiers of Pride and Shame

Pride and shame are two sides of the same coin; so if collective pride makes sense, then collective shame makes sense too

Coleman Hughes

16 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

To Honor Murder Victims, Stop Fixating on the Race of Their Killers

In my experience, social-media-driven activists have been driven more to hate villains than to love and honor their victims. And the most hated villain is white supremacy.

Zaid Jilani

14 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

Anxiety About Immigration is a Global Issue

It is time we started discussing global immigration in a more grown up way in the hope of coming up with a sustainable solution, rather than assuming the worst of each other and resorting to name-calling and selective moral outrage.

Remi Adekoya

1 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

The Free Speech Crisis on Campus Is Worse than People Think

The new culture of victimhood combines sensitivity to slight with appeal to authority.

Bradley Campbell

14 Nov 2018 · 16 min read

An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt—A Review

The explosion in identity politics that has led to the automatic use of “white” as an ethnic insult in condemnations such as “white privilege” and “white, straight men” has made race as defining a factor in left-wing politics as it is in extreme right-wing politics.

Nick Cohen

2 Nov 2018 · 9 min read

White Privilege Is Real, but Well-Meaning White Liberals Are Helping to Perpetuate It

Rather than whites being responsible for the perpetuation of these stereotypes—and, by extension, white privilege—they are maintained by all groups as they interact with each other.

Eric Kaufmann

27 Oct 2018 · 8 min read

Asian-Americans' Unrequited Love of Harvard

Asian-Americans don’t necessarily think of themselves as “victims” of Harvard’s racist policies. They’re more concerned with the idea of merit—they want their admission to be judged on their resume of accomplishments, not their race.

Kenny Xu

13 Oct 2018 · 13 min read

The 'Black Chic' Wave

To be a black Democratic candidate in 2018 is to be seen, not just as a politician, but as the next step in the decades-long march towards racial equality.

Coleman Hughes

12 Sep 2018 · 7 min read

Identity Politics Does More Harm Than Good to Minorities

The day is fast approaching when mainstream white society will react to accusations of racism with yawns and shrugs. What will identitarians do then?

Remi Adekoya

1 Sep 2018 · 11 min read