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Kelly J. Baker

Kelly J. Baker is a historian and the author of Gospel According to the Klan and An ideology that assumes a hierarchy of human worth based on the social construction of gender difference. Learn more Ed.

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Political Research Associates

Mothers of White Supremacy

Q&A with Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
Although historically, White women have supported the political, cultural, and social systems of White supremacy, there’s still a surprising level of confusion and shock when White women today do the same. Media narratives continue to assume, against evid
Kelly J. Baker
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Religion Dispatches

The Creepy Surveillance of Elf on a Shelf

Families invite the elves into their homes for the explicit purpose of monitoring children. Yes, this might ensure good behavior between Thanksgiving and Christmas (child psychologists worry about what happens when parents farm out discipline to Santa). More importantly, these elves teach children that they should expect to be watched even in their own homes.
Kelly J. Baker
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Religion Dispatches

Walking Dead and Zombie Ethics, or "Don't Fight the Zombies. You Can't Win"

Zombie media makes clear distinctions between the human and the zombie—and killing them saves us. Yet, there are resonances of a more complicated vision of the zombie. What if remnants of humanity linger in those resurrected corpses? Or what if zombies represent something fundamental about humans that we need to examine?
Kelly J. Baker
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