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What’s up with critical race theory?

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Critical race theory. It’s difficult to think of an academic concept that causes more angst among politically conservative whites (and the small percentage of...
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Smith: Democracy’s slow death

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The slogan of The Washington Post is “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” That phrase likely originated with Damon Keith, the legendary federal judge who died...
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Smith: The eternal fight

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Thank God, there is a ceasefire. It’s tenuous at best, but at least it has come to pass.At first glance, the latest in the...
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Smith: The nuances of ‘Uncle Tom’

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For nearly as far back as I can recall, I have been familiar with “Uncle Tom.” Of course, that is the name of the...
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Smith: Breathing a little easier

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“He mattered because he was a human being.” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison delivered these solemn, simple, sermonic words at a press conference following the...
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It’s getting hot in here

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“We will bury you!” Thus proclaimed then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev — via his translator — at the Polish Embassy in Moscow in 1956. Twelve...
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Protecting a real Black princess

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I watched Oprah’s interview with Prince Harry and Princess Meghan. (I don’t know if they still have these official titles, but I don’t care...
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The funny thing is …

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Recently I participated in a discussion about whether certain names were “appropriate” for particular racial and ethnic groups. (All of the discussants were Black.)...
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For the sake of (white) children

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Several years ago, a television commercial asked parents to consider the lengths to which they would go to protect their children. After the narrator...
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Trump impeachment redux

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This week marks the precedent-setting second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. On Feb. 9, Democratic impeachment managers from the House of Representatives...
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