Media
“Theorists of journalism have long noted parallels
to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in physics:
by reporting on something, one subtly but irrevocably changes it.”
— James Boswell (in Yagoda, Ben. The Art of Fact, 1998, p. 29)
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Select Essays and Opinion-Editorials
“On Thanksgiving: Why Myths Matter” (updated in 2020—originally published in “Racism Review”)
The New Yorker, “The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s Sorority” (21 October 2024)
Slate, “What Everyday White Americans and the Buffalo Shooter Have in Common” (18 May 2022)
From the Square: New York University Press Blog, “Kamala Harris and the Political Power of Black Sororities (and Fraternities)” (24 Aug 2020)
Hartford Courant, “There’s Another Pandemic to Fight: Racism” (3 May 2020)
From the Square, “From White Nationalists to Black “Greeks”: The varied strategies of racial politics” (3 Oct 2019)
Medium, “50 Years since the Kerner Report on Riots and Racism—What have we learned?” (1 March 2018)
Contexts, “Can Hollywood Separate Gold from White?” (8 Feb 2018)
The Huffington Post, “Watching Moonlight in the Twilight of Obama” (22 Feb 2017)
The Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog, “Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for” (28 Sept 2015)
The New York Times, “The University of Oklahoma Video, and the Problem Fraternities Can’t Fix Themselves” (14 March 2015)
Select Media Appearances
Print Interview for NBC News, “Antisemites are saying Elon Musk is on their side after his latest tweets about Jews”, 17 Nov 2023
Print Interview for NBC News, “Why Hollywood embraced white savior movies like ‘The Blind Side’”, 18 Aug 2023
Print Interview for The Advocate | Times-Picayune, “Banners promoting White nationalist group Patriot Front alarm Baton Rouge community groups”, 3 August 2023
Print Interview for CT Insider, “License plates approved by Connecticut DMV could be white supremacist code, experts say”, 10 July 2023
Audio Interview for WGLT (NPR affiliate), “Illinois State sorority returns after a year-long suspension for hazing and abuse,” 12 June 2023
Print Interview for WBUR, “Sorority members speak out on the overturn of Roe v. Wade, even when their organizations don’t”, 17 Aug 2022
The Washington Post, “For Black workers, age discrimination strikes twice” (14 May 2021)
Deutsche Welle, “Is colorblind casting the secret to 'Bridgerton's' success?” (6 Jan 2021)
The Dallas News, “Kamala Harris’ ‘Family’ in Dallas: The Divine Nine” (9 Sept 2020)
The Washington Post, “Analysis: For fans, winning trumps pitcher’s racist comments” (27 July 2018)
Swaay Magazine, “Charlottesville: Where Were The Women?” (22 August 2017)
Ozy.com, “How Being a News Junkie Makes you Racist” (1 June 2017)
Associated Press, “Boston sports struggle with perception built on racist past” (3 May 2017)
Chicago Tribune, “ ‘Burning Sands’ offers a lesson in hazing violence” (27 April 2017)
Hartford Courant, “Why MLK, Jr.'s Words And Actions Are Relevant Today” (25 January 2017)
The Los Angeles Times, “Can you make a non-racist Tarzan movie?” (1 July 2016)
The Associated Press, “Oklahoma Isn’t Alone in Race-Related Fraternity Incidents” (14 March 2015)
CNN, “Are Frats ‘a form of American Apartheid’” (10 March 2015)
Inside Higher Ed, “Deadliest and Most Racist?” (9 March 2015)
USA Today, “Some students see little diversity in sorority rush.” (24 January 2014)
USA Today, “End racial bias in fraternities, sororities: Column.” (2 October 2013)
USA Today, “College changes sorority process amid racism claims.” (September 2013)