BULLYING PULPIT
The problematic politics of personal responsibility
Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and coming of age in an unjust nation
KILLING ONE MONSTER, UNLEASHING ANOTHER
Reflections on revenge and revelry in America
YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THE EYES OF THEIR WHITES
II. TRUMPISM AND THE POLITICS OF PREJUDICE
DISCOVERING THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS
Donald Trump and the future of America
The dangerous worldview of Donald Trump
PATRIOTISM IS FOR BLACK PEOPLE
Colin Kaepernick and the politics of protest
IF IT’S A CIVIL WAR, PICK A SIDE
Charlottesville and the meaning of Trumpism
MAKING A MURDERER (POLITICALLY PROFITABLE)
Immigration and hysteria in Trumplandia
The president is a white nationalist
THE FACE OF AMERICAN TERRORISM IS WHITE
The evil genius of Donald Trump
III. 2020 VISION—AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS?
AMERICANISM IS A PANDEMIC’S BFF
Why the U.S. has been so vulnerable to COVID
IT’S NOT A DEATH CULT, IT’S A MASS MURDER MOVEMENT
The homicidal indifference of MAGA nation
SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD
COVID and Trumpism reveal America’s true virus
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the rituals of white supremacy
The problem isn’t fear, it’s contempt for black humanity
IT’S NOT THE APPLES, IT’S THE ORCHARD
Police violence is neither new nor rare
VIOLENCE NEVER WORKS? AMERICA WOULD BEG TO DIFFER
NOBODY’S PERFECT—SO WHY DO WE NEED BLACK PEOPLE TO BE?
Demanding angelic victims of police violence is absurd
IV. CONFRONTING WHITE DENIAL, DEFLECTION, AND FRAGILITY
WHITE DENIAL IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE
Understanding why your intentions are not the point
Race, class and the art of white deflection
CHICAGO IS NOT A PUNCH LINE (OR AN ALIBI)
White deflection and “black-on-black crime”