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Andrew Ti

The Podcasting Oracle Behind ‘Yo, Is This Racist?’

What is the most racist drink you can order? After mulling the question, Andrew Ti, creator of the blog and podcast “Yo, Is This Racist?,” deems the Negroni, the gin-Campari-vermouth concoction, the winner, followed by the Irish Car Bomb. Ti categorizes the latter as one of those “kind of insensitive drinks.” Luckily, we’ve both ordered racially neutral beverages: the house IPA for him and a Diet Coke for me.

“Yo, Is This Racist?,” created on a whim in 2011, is a fairly simple operation that is intended to be serious but …

by Emily Lombardo |

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I Miss Being ‘The White Girl’

High School Was Much Less P.C., But Much More Post-Racial

by Josephine Fenster |

For seven years of my life, from sixth grade to 12th grade at primarily black and Latino schools in Las Vegas, I was the White Girl. In sixth grade, my …

Thanks, UCLA, For Jackie and Rachel Robinson

Campus Sports Let Jackie Shine. Campus Life Put Him Together With Rachel.

by Scott Simon |

Brooklyn earns a special place in the Jackie Robinson story. The borough’s robust mix of striving immigrants and progressive politics made for congenial fans when Jackie Robinson brought down the …

Did Civil Rights Not Happen?

The Black-White Wealth Gap Today Is Bigger Than It Was 30 Years Ago. But It's Not All About Race.

by Richard Thompson Ford |

A black man—Barack Obama—sits in the Oval Office. A black woman—Oprah Winfrey—joins Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on the Forbes magazine list of richest individuals in the world. A black …

Black Women’s Health Advocate Eleanor Hinton Hoytt

A Little Tart, A Little Sweet—But Smooth

Eleanor Hinton Hoytt is president and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, where she works to advance the health and wellness of black women and girls. Before participating in …

The Mayo Clinic’s Mignonne Guy

You Don’t Want This Thorn in Your Side (And Don’t Chew Too Loudly in Her Presence, Either)

Mignonne Guy is a researcher at the Mayo Clinic Arizona. Before participating in a panel on closing the cancer mortality gap between blacks and whites, she explained in the Zócalo …


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