John Iceland

Jan 22, 2025 | theconversation.com | Eric Silver |John Iceland |Kerby Goff

Support and opposition to Christian nationalism are linked to people’s moral values more than religious, racial and political tribalism.

Jan 15, 2024 | quillette.com | John Wood |Eric Silver |John Iceland |Ralph Leonard

Racism used to be an easy thing to define in America. We knew it was geographically concentrated in the southern states and fundamentally interpersonal. If there were racist laws on the books, it was because people were racist. Thanks to the teachings of the inspirational Martin Luther King Jr. and to the movement he led, that racism was defeated. Or so the story went. Today, however, the American progressive Left thinks of racism in terms that are less interpersonal and more systematic.

Jan 9, 2024 | quillette.com | Marilyn Simon |Matt Johnson |Eric Silver |John Iceland

I am watching my daughter and her teammates play in the final match of the city’s volleyball playoffs. The gymnasium bleachers are packed. It is standing room only. The energy is intense. “This crowd is so hype!” I text my friend (I am a middle-aged mother, but I make no apologies for sounding like a teenager in text). The gym smells like teen spirit. It is infectious.

Nov 19, 2023 | quillette.com | Eric Silver |John Iceland |Ralph Leonard |Christopher Ferguson

A debate is sweeping the United States, as to what, if anything, America owes to the descendants of enslaved people. It’s a question that strikes at the heart of the American project. Dismissing it will not make it go away. Nor will throwing inordinate amounts of money at it. The question of reparations isn’t a debate to be won. It's a wound to be healed. But there is a way to heal it that most Americans would probably support: The US should invest far more in early education.

Oct 23, 2023 | aporiamagazine.com | John Iceland

Written by Prof Eric Silver and Prof John Iceland. The way we talk about racism has changed. Over the past decade or so, words like “bigot” and “extremist” have been overshadowed by words like “white privilege,” “white supremacy,” and “white fragility.” The new words portray a new kind of racist. Instead of wearing a hood and spewing hate speech, the “new racist” is an ordinary white person whose socialization into “whiteness” causes them to undermine people of color, whether they know it or not.