Rebecca Carroll
Rebecca Carroll is a Guardian US contributing opinion writer and a producer at WNYC focusing on race in New York City. She is the author of several nonfiction books, including Saving The Race and Sugar In The Raw.
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The much-hyped slavery drama, steeped in controversy, has underperformed at the box office – but where did it go wrong?
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Poet Claudia Rankine’s ‘genius grant’ win is a victory for African Americans. But there’s something devastating about the context in which it was awarded
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The San Francisco 49ers quarterback has come under fire for refusing to stand for the national anthem. So what does his adoptive parents’ race have to do with it?
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When my family had to leave our apartment, we saw a silver lining: the chance to move from a gentrified wasteland to an area with thriving black culture
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Whether they’re feuding, backstabbing or singing in perfect harmony, the TV family have unshakeable bonds many African Americans can relate to
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She demanded deference and fidelity to her prejudiced ideas in exchange for her love. I was horrified when I transferred that self-serving anger on to a friend
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Clinton enjoys the support of older black women, and she’s seeking the votes of younger ones. But a tone deafness to the issues we face can’t be ignored
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The documentary posits a link between vaccines and autism in African American boys. It’s a threat to black children, and De Niro should have known better
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White people like Bill Clinton can be blind to race because they perceive themselves as race-less; they believe that it’s a boon to offer that to black people
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The rapper who beat Kendrick Lamar to a Grammy has criticised cultural appropriation – the third instance in a week of white performers paying little more than lip service to structural racism
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White Hollywood stars with black children have an important role to play in speaking up against racial discrimination in Hollywood
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We’re not millennials, but student debt, a lack of inherited wealth and the real-estate dealings of the rich put home ownership out of our reach
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His legal action is an act of misogyny – perhaps the same hatred that might have driven him, as accusers allege, to rape and sexually assault more than 50 of them
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Intentions behind adoption aren’t always pure. Now, the focus of adoptive parents is shifting to acknowledge the complexities involved in the process
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I was dogged in my determination to evolve outside the narrow margins of the small white world of my beginning and into another more racially familiar one
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When everything is an aspirational performance, there’s no way to tell who is really confident and happy and who is pretending to be on the internet
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The trope is alive and well; I’m never just offended, or annoyed, or feeling strengthened by my convictions in the eyes of others
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The power of being surrounded by black people is that the sheer sense of community is enough
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The documentary aimed to find out what young, white Americans think about race – but did not confront them with the hard truths they needed to hear
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At 14, all I wanted was to leave my hometown. But when I did, I was assaulted by a famous TV anchor - and learned how we blame young women instead of men
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