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Growing Up White

Posted on February 15, 2016February 14, 2016 by Abigail Clauhs

It’s funny how racial identity works. Especially whiteness. Especially when you’re taught, implicitly and overwhelmingly, that white is the norm. It’s funny how it’s not until you’re older�... Read More

IIWAPBK and Privilege 101

Posted on December 23, 2011January 2, 2012 by Gretchen Koch

I think Gene Marks has now been thoroughly excoriated for his column “If I Were a Poor Black Kid” on the Forbes web site last week. In his effort to explain how it’s still possible... Read More

Making Buddhism Accessible to Working-class People

Posted on August 15, 2011August 14, 2011 by Joshua Eaton

On 18 July 2011, Sam Mowe wrote about diversity within American Buddhism for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review‘s blog in an article titled “Tell Us Your Story.” One of the comments to that post ... Read More

Privilege vs. Pluralism: On A.C. Grayling’s New College of the Humanities

Posted on June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 by Ian Burzynski

Prominent atheist A.C. Grayling and some other well-known academics (including Richard Dawkins) have recently announced plans to set up a private college in London called the New College of the Humani... Read More