racism – The Activist History Review

by Editorial Board June 18, 2018 0

June 2018

Give Racism a Chance

I started the Slants nearly a decade ago because I wanted to change people’s assumptions about Asian Americans. When you combine the great discomfort that people have when talking about racial injustice to the fact that the Asian American experience is rarely considered in these discussions, I realized that opportunities to do so would be extremely rare. I wanted to give racism a chance—a chance for discussing its existence in a way that would be compelling, honest, and yet, subversive.

by Editorial Board May 14, 2018 0

May 2018

Not My Right: Black Gun Ownership and Equality

Many Americans view self-defense as a natural right. However, African Americans have a long history of being denied the right to armed protection in a society that has sought to undergird white supremacy.

by William Horne April 23, 2018 1

April 2018

Anderson Runs for Mayor to Stop the Painful Violence

Charles’ art and activism have been a fixture in the city for the last decade, so when I learned Charles would be running for mayor, I knew I wanted to interview him.

by Editorial Board February 26, 2018 0

February 2018 Uncategorized

The Design of the Everyday Diversity Industrial Complex

We must cast a critical eye toward the diversity conversation within the tech industry as it impacts who’s employed in that industry, the types of products they produce, who writes about those products, who those products are made for, and who benefits from those products.

by William Horne February 9, 2018 3

February 2018

White Americans Fail to Address Their Family Histories

There is a conversation about race that white families are just not having. This is mine.

by Editorial Board January 31, 2018 2

January 2018

Business As Usual: The Objectification of Black Women in America’s Sexual Predation Culture

The objectification of women is not a new occurrence. Yet when Black women are objectified, those who are routinely shocked and appalled seem to fall silent.

by Editorial Board January 26, 2018 1

January 2018

Et tu, Public Radio?

The Diversity Industrial Complex makes overtures toward diversity without acknowledging that the conversations and demands of marginalized communities have moved well beyond mere tokenization.

by Editorial Board January 20, 2018 2

January 2018

Historians Activate!: The Year in Activist History

Our work as historians involves studying prior forms of exploitation, abuse, and inequality. Doing this work, we believe, requires that we struggle against their iterations in the present.

by Editorial Board December 1, 2017 2

December 2017

The Moses Cemetery: Where Serial Displacement Meets History

People who lived in communities destroyed by urban renewal and gentrification frequently frame their narratives about displacement as theft. They see their homes, businesses, and churches as stolen by capitalism. Spaces for the dead are among those stolen and erased.

by Andreas Meyris November 27, 2017 1

November 2017

Who Remembers Francis Galatis?: Police Brutality, Post-War New York, and a Movement Unrealized

Officer John Brullman’s conviction for violating Francis Galatis’s civil rights was the high water mark of years of activism against police brutality. But it wasn’t really a victory, it was a right hand turn.