The 'Resume Check': On Gay Talese, Racism and Sexism in the Press Room
Black people know the condescension of a resume check. We know what it is to have a white person signal their confusion over our status or success. These sorts of microaggressions are ways of pointing out the superiority of the dominant group. Ways of saying we don't belong.
Touré, ContributorAuthor of "Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means To Be...