If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness -... →
Eric Liu
Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see each other. White or non-white. Black or non-black. Mongoloid, Hindoo.... →
Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants... →
America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.
Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.
We'd play at the Ambassador's house for an invited group of dignitaries from the government that might have gone to school in America; to the... →
Bob Livingston
All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being... →
Ken Livingstone
Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.
Gary Locke
I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our... →
The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why America has been the most... →