By Eboo Patel. One of the signature characteristics of contemporary wokeness is to highlight a dimension of an individual’s identity and connect it with a particular talent or virtue or favored worldview. It typically takes the form of pointing to an artist or public figure one likes and exploring how that person’s blackness, or queerness, or female-ness is somehow inextricably linked to their work in the world. More...

By Eboo Patel. We typically imagine identity-based conflict as fire – think of the burning towers of religious extremism. More...

By Eboo Patel. I believe that the world is a better place when there is less prejudice against LGBTQ folks - when there is less prejudice towards any group, actually. More...

By Eboo Patel. Racism is woven into every aspect of American life, from the curriculum at elite universities to the prison sentences given out for petty crimes. There is no liberation within this system. Individual actions will either be for naught or coopted. The only solution is resistance and revolution. More...