What Is Apartheid and How Did It End
Apartheid was South Africa's system of legally enforced racial separation, enforced from 1948 to 1994.
February 2025
April 2024
What Is Slavery and Its Legacy
A comprehensive examination of chattel slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, Reconstruction's failure, and the measurable economic, health, and...
What Is Race? Social Construction and the Science of Human Variation
Race is one of the most consequential categories in human societies, yet its biological basis is contested and its definitions vary across...
August 2022
What Is Microaggression: Definition, Research, and Controversy
Microaggressions are subtle slights with a disputed research base. Learn Chester Pierce's original concept, Derald Wing Sue's taxonomy, and Scott...