Junot Díaz: ‘We Live in a Society Where Default Whiteness Goes Unremarked’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 15, 2015 In a recent interview published in the academic journal Paradoxa, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Junot Díaz puts his finger on the reason why racism is still so rampant in American society. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Income Gap Between Races Is Wider Than It’s Been for Decades

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 Wealth inequality between whites and their black and Hispanic counterparts has reached its highest point since the late ’80s and early 2000s in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

White Views on Ferguson Are Complicated By Age, Region and Politics

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 6, 2014 The events in Ferguson, Mo., have actually led to that national conversation on race we regularly recommend to ourselves. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Race Inequality Between U.S. Whites and African-Americans by the Numbers

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 26, 2014 With regard to employment, African-Americans got hit harder by the Bush Depression than did whites, and jobs have not come back for them at nearly the same rate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Botox Solution

By Jeremiah Goulka, TomDispatch Dec 13, 2012 Do any of the GOP's proposals exhibit a willingness to make the kind of changes it will need to attract members of the growing groups that it has spent years antagonizing, such as Hispanics, Asian Americans, unmarried women, secular whites, and others? You’ve heard the expression “putting lipstick on a pig,” haven’t you? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Angry White Attitude Toward Minorities

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 10, 2012 A “toxic mix of rage and delusion, and its concomitant sense of oppression, have become the defining political features of much of white America today,” writes Harper’s Magazine columnist Kevin Baker, on observing the conservative reaction to the re-election of President Barack Obama this week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Whites With No Diploma Live Shorter Lives

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 21, 2012 Life expectancy for the least-educated Americans has shrunk by four years since 1990, a reminder that social inequality is not just a matter of having fewer things than those who are better off than you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Outrage Over Whites-Only Christian Conference in Alabama

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 6, 2012 The Rev. William C. Collier cordially invites you to his three-day Christian conference in Alabama -- but only if you're white. Fliers advertising the event titled "Annual Pastors Conference All White Christians Invited," were reportedly put up during the middle of the night in the western Alabama town of Winfield on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shades of Mercy: Presidential Forgiveness Heavily Favors Whites

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2011 To avoid repeating a scandal like his predecessor’s, George W. Bush gave career lawyers in the Justice Department far-reaching authority to choose who got presidential pardons. The result: Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a pardon, even when the type of crime and severity of sentence are taken into account.Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a presidential pardon. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Cornel West Recalls the Attica Prison Rebellion

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2011 Princeton University professor Dr. Cornel West spoke to a crowd of almost 3,000 people at the Riverside Church in New York City on Friday during an evening of remembrance for another sort of 9/11. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Voices of the Tea Party

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2010 Tea party members are often depicted as anti-Democrat reactionaries or scoffed at as holding incoherent, outside-reality positions. But a new feature by The New York Times lets supporters speak for themselves, sharing their concerns for the country and what the tea party means to them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supremacist’s Slaying Stirs Racial Divide

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2010 A South African white supremacist leader, Eugene Terreblanche, was allegedly murdered by two farmhands in the northwest region of the country, eliciting cries of protest from his far-right followers and a plea for calm from the country's black president, Jacob Zuma. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )