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Colin Grant

What Sidney Poitier stood for

Burdened by the expectations of black people around the world, the Oscar-winning actor embodied grace even under fire.

By Colin Grant

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Claudia Rankine and the construction of whiteness

In the past decade, the Jamaican-born poet has reversed the way we talk about race by focusing not on…

By Colin Grant

Daniel Levitin’s The Changing Mind: a guide to ageing well

This is a passionate and intelligent hybrid of dutiful academic writing and popular science.

By Colin Grant

Data of prejudice: the uses and abuses of the science of race

New books by science writer Angela Saini and psychology professor Jennifer Eberhard look at the “scientific” evolution of racism throughout…

By Colin Grant

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