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Rashawn Ray interviews Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks.

Rashawn Ray interviews the parents of Army 2nd Lt. Richard W. Collins III.

AbstractIn this essay, I make the case that the intersectionality framework is useful to explain the high level of obesity among Black women. I describe how the intersectionality framework reformulates the examination of racial and gender disparities in health by deconstructing traditional frames of Whiteness and maleness. Next, I discuss key barriers that operate as mechanisms to reduce Black women's level of physical activity. Then, I provide ways to potentially combat these barriers. In doing so, I argue that being physically active is a privilege rooted in how race, place, gender, and body image converge differently on Black women's propensity to be physically active than other raced and gendered groups. Middle class Black women are excluded from class‐based privileges and experience a form of space invasion where their temporal space, geographic space, and bodily space are invaded. In this regard, this research agenda is not solely about physical activity but rather how the structural arrangements of communities contribute to healthy lifestyles.

"Racist policies are identified as "opportunity killers" and the disparities created by them often have racism sustained through race-neutral policies. Structural Racism in America: Sociological Theory, Education Inequality, and Social Change situates our contemporary moment within a historical framework, and works to identify forms, occurrences, and consequences of racism as well as argue for concrete solutions to address it. This volume assembles renowned and thought-provoking social scientists to address the destructive impacts of structural racism and the recent, incendiary incidents that have driven racial injustice and racial inequality to the fore of public discussion and debate. The book is organized into three parts to explore and explain the ways in which racism persists, permeates, and operates within our society. The first part presents theoretical perspectives to analyze the roots and manifestation of contemporary racism; the second concentrates on educational inequality and structural issues within our institutions of learning that have led to stark racial disparities; and the third and final section focuses on solutions to our current state and how people, regardless of their race, can advocate for racial equity. Urgent and needed, Structural Racism in America is valuable reading for students and scholars in the social sciences, as well as informed readers with an interest in racism and racial inequality and a passion to end it"--

Contexts editors Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas introduce the fall issue on transforming the criminal justice system.

Contexts editors Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas introduce the summer issue, focusing on sex and sexuality.

Contexts editors Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas introduce the spring issue, focusing on various economic experiences.

Contexts editors Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas introduce the fall issue, a special issue on pandemics.