I am trying to write tonight, but I am completely distracted, entranced by an HBO documentary that’s on right now called “Resolved.” It looks at some superstars of high school debate competition. But the twist is that one of the teams is a black team who are arguing (debating?) to change the whole way debates [...]

Black In America- A CNN Investigation-Airing July 23rd &24th
On July 23rd and 24th, CNN will present “Black in America” a six-hour look at the role race plays in the lives of many black Americans. From CNN:
Black in America: The Black Man, Wednesday, July 23, 9 p.m. (two hours)
Perhaps the most misreported group in America [...]

From The United Church of Christ website:
Jeremiah Wright to be interviewed by Bill Moyers
In what will be his first interview since snippets of his preaching became a central issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. will speak publicly to veteran journalist and fellow UCC member [...]

In the promo for ‘Meeting David Wilson,’ you hear documentarian David A. Wilson make a jarring introduction: “Hello, David Wilson? My name is David Wilson, I believe your family once owned mine.” Let’s talk about race indeed.
‘Meeting David Wilson’ is a 90 minute documentary that follows David A. Wilson as he travels from his [...]

Olbermann confronts Clinton on the racist currents emanating from her presidential campaign.

What do you think about this?

**ATTENTION: Spoiler Alert**
IF you have NOT seen the series finale and intend to watch it, please read no further.
Everyone else, right this way.

I imagine this place, All About Race.com, to be a spot where we can open our hearts and speak our minds to each other in ways that would be downright impossible in the whir of day-to-day life.
So I am asking for you input, in all sincerity:

What were they thinking?
I don’t understand it.
Seriously. If [...]

The Golf Channel has taken the appropriate step of suspending Kelly Tilghman for two weeks following her on air remarks.
Nick Faldo’s co-host on the Golf Channel’s coverage of the US Tour has been suspended for two weeks following a remark she made about Tiger Woods.
Kelly Tilghman and European Ryder Cup captain Faldo were talking on [...]

That’s the headline that flashed across AOL yesterday afternoon as I was checking my personal email account. Turns out that Golf Channel PGA Tour announcer, Kelly Tilghman made this repugnant comment during Friday’s telecast of the PGA Tour’s opening event. She said, on air, that in order to win:
…today’s young players should lynch Tiger [...]

“The Wire” is my favorite television series of all time. HBO should really pay me, you know. Afterall, I am directly responsible for at least FIVE friends going out and buying the complete DVD series of seasons one through four. But it took some arm twisting. In fact, at first, a few people actually said [...]

Mitt Romney was ready for it, THE question. For months now, those who chronicle politics have been clamoring for IT to be asked.
Until 1978, the so-called Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an officially racist organization. Mitt Romney was an adult in 1978. We need to know how he justified this to [...]

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole and her [...]

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole and her [...]

Contributor Andrew Padula has been in situations throughout his life where he has felt compelled to address racial issues from his unusual perspective. Andrew is a white, politically conservative, blues musician who has been teaching and touring the U.S. and Europe since 1993. He can be seen with blues legend Bobby Parker on B.E.T. Jazz [...]