8 Articles

Saturday, November 22, 2008
Creating institutional change: A short primer
(1 comments) A brief overview on how individuals can change institutions.

Thursday, November 20, 2008
The "real" Thanksgiving
(14 comments) Question: What do Puritans, buckles, teepees, and turkeys have in common? Answer: They all have nothing to do with the original Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
"Pretty little children": Some thoughts on how racism is socialized in immigrant communities
(6 comments) Negotiating the U.S. racial hierarchy remains one of the primary and most salient experiences for most immigrants...Here's one person's story, with some critical analysis.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Racial Implications of a Barack Obama Presidency
(4 comments) This article describes the benefits of a Black Presidential candidate for different U.S. racial groups and society at large.

Thursday, September 11, 2008
On 9-11, patriotism, and the U.S. flag
(9 comments) I was already married and in my 30s in 2001 and already a member of the faculty at a small liberal arts college. I'd been politically conscious for years already, and, as an immigrant, had been reflecting on what it means to be "American" since early childhood. By all accounts, you'd think that I would have grasped the notion of patriotism long before 2001. Maybe I had, but 9-11 changed everything.

Sunday, September 7, 2008
Out of the ashes: A new German Jewry?
(9 comments) At the end of WWII, the roughly 750,000 German Jews were reduced to a mere 10,000. In the early 1990s, the newly unified Germany decided to rebuild its Jewish population -- by targeting Russian-speaking Jews from the former Soviet Union. Remarkably, about 200,000 Russian Jews have since emigrated to Germany. This group now comprises 90% of the nation's Jewish population. This is the story of the new Germany Jewry.

Saturday, September 6, 2008
Obama for Skeptics
(21 comments) A response to the most frequent "reasons" independents and moderates offer for not supporting Barack Obama, or for professing equal love for both candidates.

Friday, July 18, 2008
Tuning into the election's racial frequency
(3 comments) "When it comes to African-American audiences, some have called Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid a 'dual-track' candidacy, one that seeks to prove he is in tune with the needs of the black community while also not alienating whites." The purpose of this article is to examine what he needs to do in order to appeal to both of these groups and whether simultaneously appealing to both groups is even possible.