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"I’m not black, I’m O.J.": What Simpson’s life shows about transcending race and being trapped by it

It’s still unclear when – or if – O.J. Simpson actually said the words that rapper Jay-Z attributed to him in his 2017 Grammy-nominated song...

Rodney Coates

It’s still unclear when – or if – O.J. Simpson actually said the words that rapper Jay-Z attributed to him in his 2017 Grammy-nominated song...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. The “great...

The “great replacement theory,” whose origins date back to the late 19th century, argues that Jews and some Western elites are conspiring to...

No one knows for certain when public facilities like bathrooms and drinking fountains were separated by race. But starting in the 1890s, shortly...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. More than a year...