Race & Ethnicity

Phoebe Cohen describes being targeted for voicing her views about the Dorian S. Abbot controversy.

By Phoebe Cohen

High schoolers -- of all races -- care about diversity initiatives when thinking about where to apply to college.

Author discusses her book on “the struggle for racial equality” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Today’s students must understand the legacy of older generations of Black movement leaders, writes Fredrika Newton, a former member of the party and the wife of its co-founder.

By Fredrika Newton

Some college applicants do lie about their race, survey finds.

A canceled lecture divides MIT and prompts a review, even as the talk finds new life at Princeton University.

Laura Skandera Trombley and Ann Ryan explore Mark Twain’s writing as just one example of how thoroughly American it is to try to unravel the knot of race, racism and U.S. history.

By Laura Skandera Trombley and Ann Ryan

And here’s what our white students at Vanderbilt University said, in their own words, about what they learned, write Ebony Omotola McGee, Devin T. White and Lynette Parker.

By Ebony Omotola McGee et al.