Karen Gaffney

Karen Gaffney, PhD, is the author of Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox (Routledge, 2018), an accessible introduction to race and racism with tools for action. She is an English professor at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. She addresses anti-racism through community workshops and organizations, her blog Divided No Longer (available at www.dividednolonger.com), and her role as a Public Scholar for the NJ Council for the Humanities.
How Amazon’s ‘Homecoming: S1’ Reveals Toxic White Womanhood
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How Amazon’s ‘Homecoming: S1’ Reveals Toxic White Womanhood

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 / 23 January 2019

Homecoming provides us with a much-needed perspective on how a white woman like Heidi Bergman appears at first to be so well-meaning, even antithetical to the "Becky" meme, yet ultimately upholds white supremacy with a friendly smile, which is perhaps even more dangerous and insidious than America's "Beckys".

“Standing in the Sun”: ‘Scandal’ in the Age of ‘The New Jim Crow’
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“Standing in the Sun”: ‘Scandal’ in the Age of ‘The New Jim Crow’

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 / 24 May 2016
The counter-narrative in Scandal brings up complicated -- and necessary -- questions about race.