List: Race and Historical Memory | Curated by Tim Wise

May 10, 2023
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Race and Historical MemoryThese are my essays from 2018 to the present that deal with how we remember (and misremember) American history, and why it matters.
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Why Tucker Carlson Is More Like David Duke Than You ThinkHis leaked text message echoes the blatant white supremacy of America’s most infamous racist
May 10, 2023
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May 10, 2023
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ZORA
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Tucker Carlson Goes All-In on White SupremacyAnd by saying “white men don’t fight” dishonorably, he ignores over 500 years of history
May 5, 2023
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May 5, 2023
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An Injustice!
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Actually, It’s Not “OK to be White”And if you knew the history of that concept you would understand why
Mar 2, 2023
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Mar 2, 2023
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Some White Folks Would Rather Lose Money Than Challenge RacismIt says a lot that no white contractor in Virginia was willing to remove Confederate statues. None of what it says is good.
Jan 6, 2023
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Jan 6, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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A Simple Thought Experiment Can Tell if Black Lives Really Matter to YouAt the very least it can demonstrate how racism shapes our perception of human worth
Jan 5, 2023
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Jan 5, 2023
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Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated in the Name of White SupremacyBut your history textbook didn’t teach you that. Wonder why?
Jan 2, 2023
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Jan 2, 2023
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Saying Prayer is the Answer to Violence is Offensive — Here’s WhyThe days conservative Christians long for were filled with violence — they were the perps
Jul 9, 2022
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Jul 9, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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5 Reasons Banning Abortion is Nothing Like Abolishing SlaveryCo-opting the Black freedom struggle isn’t surprising, but it is historically ignorant and morally grotesque
Jul 7, 2022
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Jul 7, 2022
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Yes, We Should Apply Today’s Moral Standards to Past BehaviorSaying otherwise is moral relativism and makes you sound stupid
Apr 19, 2022
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Apr 19, 2022
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An Injustice!
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There is No “Confederate Heritage” Other Than White SupremacyThe South is not the Confederacy, and those who confuse the two are erasing history, not honoring it
Apr 14, 2022
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Apr 14, 2022
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13 Questions for Those Who Want to Ban “Critical Race Theory”They won’t answer them though. Because if they did, they would sound ridiculous.
Feb 15, 2022
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Feb 15, 2022
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Age of Awareness
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White Fragility, Case № 12,345A principal had to apologize for sharing a video about racism, even though it promoted cross-racial solidarity
Feb 14, 2022
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Feb 14, 2022
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Whoopi Goldberg’s Suspension is RidiculousHer comment wasn’t anti-Semitic — meanwhile, Ron DeSantis is out here refusing to condemn Nazis in his own state
Feb 3, 2022
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Feb 3, 2022
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Mitch McConnell Just Proved a Key Premise of Critical Race TheoryDifferentiating Black folks from Americans is pretty much Founding Fathers 101
Jan 30, 2022
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Jan 30, 2022
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Momentum
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How We Remember Our Past Determines Our FutureHistorical memory is far more than an academic exercise
Jan 25, 2022
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Jan 25, 2022
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Racism is as American as Apple Pie or Your Ford F-150How American ideology keeps racial inequity locked in place
Dec 16, 2021
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Dec 16, 2021
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Age of Awareness
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5 Things to Know About the Attack on Anti-Racist EducationThe right is lying — about America, and their motives
Dec 8, 2021
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Dec 8, 2021
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Can We at Least Cancel the D-List Historical Racists?My middle school was named for a bigot — it still is — and it’s a slap in the face to everyone there
Nov 29, 2021
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Nov 29, 2021
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GEN
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America Taught Kyle Rittenhouse WellWhite men are empowered to play law enforcer — Rittenhouse and those celebrating him got the same systemic memo
Nov 22, 2021
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Nov 22, 2021
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AfroSapiophile
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If White Fragility is a Myth, Why Do We Keep Proving It?The attacks on Critical Race Theory prove the very brittleness conservatives would deny
Nov 18, 2021
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Nov 18, 2021
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