race studies

A sense of imperiled whiteness

Richard King, professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies, says III Citadel — a walled city which may be built this summer in northern Idaho’s Benewah County — “fits a long pattern among Patriots, neo-Nazis, sovereigns and those with antigovernment agendas to prize the Pacific Northwest as an ideal location to […]

CAS in the media: November 2, 2012

Elections and politics Ad watch rematch: 6 swing states, 1 half-hour, 87 political ads NPR / featuring Travis Ridout, associate professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs In presidential campaign ads, political science meets excess The Chicago Tribune / featuring Travis Ridout In U.S. election, road to White House is paved with […]

Holocaust work informs professor’s race studies courses

By Phyllis Shier, College of Arts and Sciences Research by a Washington State University professor last summer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) has changed his teaching and his approach to culture and racism. It also resulted in the recruiting of a lecturer who will speak in collaboration with […]