Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

The problem is that many of our policymakers want to base sweeping laws on those feelings.

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.

Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.

I don't know what people mean when they ask me whether I'm embracing my whiteness. Whiteness is ubiquitous.

Look, I grew up in, went to school in, and now live in the American South, and southern white women are interesting, complex and quirky, even the ones with racial anxieties.

I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write chapters, and how you have to push everything else aside and really focus.