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Haley Stevens and Moderate Decline
Like Abdul El-Sayed himself, I doubt the Haley Stevens betrayal will make much difference on Tuesday. Jamelle Bouie makes a good point about Stevens failing to adjust to her primary loss to El-Sayed and possibly having a eccentric or difficult personality. But her gambit is also an example of the ways in which the politics…
The White Gaze as Popular Culture–A Note on Origins
Recently I came upon a discussion involving ajmrcommunitydavis and others on threads about the “white gaze” in relation to Black writers and public figures. The most famous reference to the white gaze comes from Toni Morrison who refused to write for the white gaze, or, as she put it, “the little white man that sits…
American Notes, June 2026
The recent Turning Point USA conference had a theme of women giving up their right to vote, but the issue involved is 90% about race. Conference speakers and activists talked about being eager to give up their right to vote if that would make the United States a more Christian and conservative country. But that…
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