Category Archives: Red Rhetor

1. This New Study Explains Why White People Deny Their Privilege (Mic) Nothing that new in this new study, but still worth noting: It turns out, white privilege may endure not because white Americans uniformly hold racist beliefs about others, but … Continue reading →

This week’s Red Rhetor, on empathy, linguistics, gay marriage, media theory, transgender rights, and rape on television: 1. Empathy is actually a choice (New York Times) Inspired by a competing body of recent research, we believe that empathy is a choice … Continue reading →

I used to blog a lot, and back when I did, I had this unscheduled roundup of links, “Notes from the Interblags.” Inspired by podcasts I listened to while driving to Iowa this weekend, and by Collin Brooke’s Rhetsy, as … Continue reading →