Peer groups

Racism Review 

Racism Review is produced and maintained by Joe R. Feagin (Texas A&M University) and Jessie Daniels (CUNY- Hunter College). Its many contributors/bloggers are various researchers and scholars from sociology and other social science disciplines.

This blog is totally related to the present social issue – racial profiling and racism – because it is its main and only subject. In a mix of news and commentary, leaning a little bit towards commentary, bloggers publish their own original work but highlight or link to others’ work too. Since there is a lot of commentary, we can say that the content of Racism Review is somewhat biased, but because its contributors are scholars and researchers, arguments are generally well built and supported by facts.

Racism Review is a source of evidence-based research and analysis on race for journalists, students and the general public.

Content is published twice a week or more, at irregular intervals. Comments are well written and articulated and bloggers answer the readers’ comments and engage in good discussion with them.

The site has a Facebook page with only few fans, but every article has the "like" option.

Resist Racism

The blogger behind Resist Racism is anonymous, but comments tend to reveal that it might be a group of people instead of a single person.

This blog is made of posts in reaction to different articles, news or events, mostly in the US, that present different forms of racist behavior. In each of the blog’s posts, there is a link to the original article/news/event it was inspired with. The content of Resist Racism can be biased because it is mostly commentary and argumentation, but supported by facts and evidence.

The purpose of Resist Racism isn’t revealed on the website, but I am guessing it is in the bloggers’ personal interest and for the good of the general public that they are writing on this subject. The blog says it is "for the good of your immortal soul".

Content is published almost everyday but doesn’t get a lot of comments. Comments that are posted are well written and not angry or offensive.

The site doesn’t have any social media presence.

Colorlines.com

Colorlines.com is a daily news site produced by a multicultural team of writers who cover events and stories from a community perspective, in a mostly neutral way, even though some articles are a little bit biased because of the author’s opinion input.

The purpose of Colorlines.com is to unite with racial justice instead of dividing by racism. It focuses on naming problems and finding solutions by investigative reporting and news analysis.

Colorlines.com publishes news almost everyday – or every two days. It is common to see posts of 3 or 4 paragraphs in the comment threads following articles on Colorlines.com and most people answer to each other’s comments.

Colorlines.com is very active on Facebook – it has a page and even an app – and Twitter and has almost 30,000 fans/followers on each of those two social media.

Racialicious

Racialicious is a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture that posts updates on the latest celebrity gaffes as well as critique of questionable media representation of race. It is produced by Latoya Peterson, owner and editor, and her team of managing editor, associate editor and special correspondents.

Posts are published everyday, and most of them are highly biased : they are based on the author’s opinion over events or news, and content is not written in a way to make you believe it is neutral, journalistic work.

There are not many comments on the site’s content, but there definitely is a lot of sharing on social media : Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. Racialicous also has a Facebook page and Twitter account itself.