It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Winston Churchill Why do the family, particularly the children in the picture above, frighten many people in America? Let’s overlay this picture upon a divisive subculture, snake-bitten by fear, … Continue reading The September Edition. MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry
Believe it or not, the norms of American society – alongside the slavery-adjacent laws instituted within the earliest American states and the widespread falsities of the constructs of race – once insisted that as little as one single drop of … Continue reading “MiscegeNATION: The One-Drop Rule Gone Awry”
The resistance and terror towards racial mixing, epitomized by the “one drop rule,” stem from humanity’s current inability to comfortably conceptualize non-binary thinking. I’m sure there are other reasons, but this is the driving force behind it in 2024. It … Continue reading The Complexity of Human Diversity and the Struggle with Binary Thinking
It was his first day at the office. He could feel his contagious apprehension welling in his throat with every moistening swallow. Within every ounce of his 6ft plus frame, visions of success or failure seemed to rest upon the needlepoint … Continue reading Psyched Out
Racial microaggressions are stereotypes about a specific race of individuals. Gestures about these particular groups can be intentional, while other times they are not. Among each ethnic group, African Americans are most often faced with racial microaggressions (American Psychological Association, … Continue reading Racial Microaggressions
As we approach the Dog Days of August, Three-Fifths Magazine asks these critical questions about one quite ambiguous phenomenon that has dogged marginalized communities of color by uniquely employing the psychological warfare of Microaggressions. What are Microaggressions? Who do they affect? Have you … Continue reading The August Theme: By A Thousand Cuts: Microaggressions, The Psychological Warfare of Systemic Racism
How did we get here? Once again, America has been faced with the option of moving forward or moving backward. Once again, we find ourselves at a fork in the road, and once again, we are struggling to establish a … Continue reading A Society of Cutters: Made in the USA
There are certain words that we have eliminated from our vocabulary at Race2Dinner. And, the reason why is that they were first used to make white people feel less uncomfortable about their continued behaviors that treat others as “less than.” … Continue reading Microaggressions
Unveiling the Intersection of Racism and Conservation in Native America Living in the Northern Plains, where the heartbeat of life resonates through pristine mountains, plains, and rivers, one cannot escape the historic shadows of racism deeply rooted in this land, … Continue reading Unveiling the Intersections of Racism and Conservation in Native America.
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