Dualistic Thinking Has Left the U.S. Black & Blue
After a week of violence, Nathan Palmer explains how us-versus-them dualistic thinking both supports the ideologies of oppression and prevents us from thinking critically about violence and policing....
View ArticleA Sociologist Visits an Art Museum: Race, Art, and Selfies
When a sociologist visits an art museum, what do they see? In this instance, Stephanie Medley-Rath connects the racial composition of the place to the artwork on display and the photography behavior of...
View ArticleSystematic Solutions for Systematic Problems:Or How TRIO Programs Changed My...
In this piece, Nathan Palmer tells us how TRIO programs changed the course of his life and asks us to think about how systematic inequalities require systematic solutions. Walking into the conference...
View ArticleIs Racial Identity Based in Biology or Society?
In this piece, Justin Allen Berg discusses how many people consider racial identity to be a biological given, even though it is actually based in societal perceptions of group differences. “What color...
View ArticleCaptain America: Symbol of White Privilege?
In this essay, Jesse Weiss evaluates the symbolic representation of Marvel Comic’s Captain America as depicted in the recent film Captain America: Civil War. Drawing from the research of Peggy...
View ArticleLil’ Wayne & Colorblind Racism
In this essay Jeannette Wade uses the colorblind racism framework to describe rapper lil Wayne’s recent comments on race relations in the United States. Rapper lil Wayne’s views on racism and the Black...
View ArticleRace and Casting Super Hero Movies
In this piece, guest author Albert Fu discusses recent controversies over the casting of actors for super hero movies. I am a huge fan of Marvel’s movies, television characters, and comic books....
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Monuments, Symbols, Words, and Meaning Making
How can a sociological perspective help us understand the recent events in Charlottesville? In this post, Stephanie Medley-Rath explores how a symbolic interactionist perspective can be useful for...
View ArticleMayweather vs. McGregor: Marketing Racial Discord
In this post, Jesse Weiss examines the way race and racism was used to market the recent “megafight” between Floyd Mayweather and Connor McGregor. He utilizes the concept of strategic racism to...
View ArticleBreaking Down Barriers Through Social Contact
In this post, Jena Morrison illustrates how Allport’s Contact Hypothesis can create meaningful conversation about racial divides and historical monuments out of confrontation. On Saturday, September...
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The Racialized Panopticon: There’s an App for That
This post is Part One of a two-part discussion addressing this October 13th article in The Washington Post. The story describes the effects of a private app called GroupMe that enables users to send...
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