Race

RJ Young's memoir recounts how he tried to endear himself to his white in-laws by learning how to shoot. Both love affairs eventually fell apart.

• By Peter C. Baker

Beyond tics in dialect, code-switching often requires a shift in ideology.

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

New research suggests neighborhood-level diversity can reduce perceived threat, but regional diversity has the opposite effect.

• By Tom Jacobs

One study suggests it's possible but not feasible.

• By James McWilliams

A new study finds promoting the philosophy can solidify the belief there are deep-seated, unalterable differences between races.

• By Tom Jacobs

The victory calls attention to the role of racein the selection of national players.

• By Joseph Downing

New research finds whites are more open to discussing race-related issues after exposure to a mixed-race individual.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new report points to troubling flaws with the Parent PLUS loan program.

• By Dwyer Gunn

A new study suggests more such movies could see commercial success if Hollywood threw more financial support behind them.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

School officials shouldn't joke about calling the cops on vulnerable children. They should also stop treating non-compliance as criminal.

• By David M. Perry

Pernicious myths about income inequality remain pervasive in our society—for example, that better education will close the racial wealth gap. Professor William Darity is working to debunk these misconceptions.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Bullock, a biracial soprano, sings Schubert and Fauré but also Billie Holiday and Nina Simone—and she's blazing trails.

• By Tom Jacobs

On W.E.B. Du Bois' theory of the working class and how race and class cannot be separated in the United States.

• By J. Phillip Thompson

On the historic role of policing in reinforcing racial inequality and how it has led to black Americans' fear of police.

• By Nikole Hannah-Jones

White Americans are bound by a false past.

• By Rachel Jamison Webster

New research finds studied slipperiness on the issues can help candidates for office—depending on their race.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds many white suburbanites are motivated to move when their neighborhood becomes more ethnically diverse.

• By Tom Jacobs

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• By Pacific Standard Staff
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It's time universities began to think of themselves as producers of value, not arbiters of merit.

• By Nadirah Farah Foley

Quality of medical care and mortality are frequently linked to socioeconomic success. But for African Americans, that's often not the case.

• By Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

On Man of the Woods, Timberlake's flirtation with woodsy iconography is an uncomfortable reminder that certain kinds of authenticity are reserved for white people.

• By Noah Berlatsky

A conversation with @MedievalPOC, an activist using social media to change how we see color in the past.

• By David M. Perry

The city's cultural and economic revival remains segmented along stark racial and class lines.

• By Tunde Wey