Scot Nakagawa is a social justice veteran who took his first job as a community advocate in 1980. Since then, he's worked in dozens of organizations on a wide variety of issues of concern to politically marginalized communities. Scot now serves as Senior Partner in ChangeLab, a racial justice laboratory primarily concerned with addressing anti-Asian racism. His blog, Race Files, focuses on race and racism in U.S. politics and culture.
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Published in: TransformationThe anti-intellectualism of the social justice community is killing us
When faced by complicated ideas we should reach for them together, as though we believe ourselves to be worthy of...
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Published in: Transformation#Blacklivesmatter and white progressive colorblindness
White supporters of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign don't see that white progressive politics is identity...
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Published in: TransformationHerman Wallace was held in a cage for 40 years. What does this say about us?
By the time Herman Wallace was released from prison earlier this month, he had been kept in solitary confinement for...
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Published in: TransformationFor racial healing, we need to get real about racism
The United States was founded upon racist ideas: a land of opportunity, but only for European immigrants. To...