Did Aliens Build the Pyramids? And Other Racist Theories
One afternoon in June, I found an email in my inbox from Atlantis Rising: The Research Group. The blog and …
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Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond
As the United States continues to reel in the aftermath of the killing of African American George Floyd by former …
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Confronting Anti-Blackness in “Colorblind” Cuba
In the 1960s, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary Communist government claimed to have eradicated racism in Cuba. An anthropologist explores how racial …
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Kamala Harris’ Refusal of the One-Drop Rule
When Kamala Devi Harris was sworn in as vice president earlier this year, many people in the U.S. and around …
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Reimagining Public Safety and Defunding the Police
Lawmakers across the country are proposing policy measures to cut or loosen ties to traditional policing.By now, the refrain is a …
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Militarization creates a police culture that paints the people as ‘the enemy’
The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis …
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7 Ways Protestors Showed Support for the Black American Community
Amid the outpouring of outrage over George Floyd’s killing, are glimpses of solidarity and hope around the world.In the past week, …
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Celebrities: Hurting or Helping the interests of Amazonian Peoples?
As stars around the world petition Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to protect Indigenous peoples from the COVID-19 pandemic, anthropologists debate …