Diane Sawyer and author Nell Irvin Painter discuss what it means to be "white." April 1, 2010— -- What does it mean to be "white"? Is it one race of people? Were people defined as "white" ...

Greeks and Scythians -- Romans, Celts, Gauls, and Germani -- White slavery -- White slavery as beauty ideal -- The White beauty ideal as science -- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach names White people ...

To be a historian in the time of Trump 2.0 is to teach and write history at a time when the federal government is being mobilized to promote a white nationalist version of American history. Plenty of ...

The United States that we live in today is a vastly different place culturally than it was when the Constitution was being debated. Enslavement is a thing of the past. Jim Crow laws are no more.

It comes from Old English hwīt, itself derived from Proto-Germanic hwītaz and earlier Indo-European roots meaning “bright,” “shining,” or “clear.” In its earliest uses, white described snow, ash, ...

Alex Hinton receives receives funding from the Rutgers-Newark Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America, Rutgers Research Council, and Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. President ...