The Racial Wealth Gap: Why America Should Discuss Reparations
A comprehensive approach to the legacy of slavery and discrimination includes reparations – but also policy changes and a shift toward fairness.
Interview – Sandra Weissinger
Sandra Weissinger discusses the dynamics and impacts of racism in different settings, from higher education and the workplace to general societal interactions.
Review – Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis recounts her struggles with racism and poverty on her journey from a life of hardship to one of stardom.
Review – Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction
This book offers an audacious and detailed tour de force of the colonial and racial underpinnings of political science.
Is it Possible to Escape the Past? Race and the Radicalization of Robert Byrd and Anders Breivik
In the case of Byrd and Breivik it is an internal rather than an external exercise of whether someone radicalised can compromise their own values.
Racism, Crimea and Crimean Tatars
Most western historians of Russia see Crimea as always having been Russian and therefore have not fully criticised Russia’s 2014 annexation.
New Book – Crisis in Russian Studies? Nationalism (Imperialism), Racism and War
The source of the Russian-Ukrainian war lies in Russian identity and its attitudes towards Ukraine and Ukrainians, making the chances for peace slim.
Interview – Luke de Noronha
Luke de Noronha discusses his new book, UK immigration control and race, his fieldwork on post-deportation life in Jamaica and his podcast ‘Deportation Discs’.
Interview – Amal Abu-Bakare
Amal Abu-Bakare discusses Black History Month, equality and racism in IR and her PhD research on counterterrorism as a racialised discourse.
Interview – Lev Topor
Lev Topor talks about his work on cyberspace and racism, cybersecurity and the pandemic, and the key instigators of cyber interventions.
