More Trouble at My Old Kentucky Home

The University of Kentucky community is reeling once more after another shameful incident on campus, which calls attention (yet again) to our institution’s horrid record of racial equality.  Early this morning UK police discovered an effigy of Barack Obama hanging on a tree near Rose Street and the William T. Young Library.  Within hours, the national media [...]

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The Problem With “Stuff White People Like”

One of the fastest-growing and most popular blogs online right now is Christian Lander’s Stuff White People Like. For those unfamiliar, Stuff White People Like consists of expostulations and riffs on cherished white practices: buying expensive water bottles, raving about the film Juno, supporting Obama, driving hybrid cars, and backing environmentalist causes. Lander crafts a [...]

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Visual Rhetoric and the Challenge of Critique

I wanted to pause from my busy day and meditate on some recent race-related furor in the golf world. In case you missed it, a few weeks ago during its coverage of the ever-exciting Mercedes Benz Championship, The Golf Channel commentators Nick Faldo and Kelly Tilghman were killing time, casually lamenting the dominance Tiger Woods [...]

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Undoing Racism in Lexington

There’s no denying the fact that racial injustice is deeply entrenched in Lexington’s culture.  Many of the blog posts I’ve written here deal with the problem in some way. What’s the solution?
Probably nothing of significance will happen until meaningful and purposeful dialogue takes place. That’s why I’m excited to learn that the Cabinet for Health [...]

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