Erin Aubry Kaplan, Author at Word In Black

David G. Brown, political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city’s oldest Black newspaper, reflects on the art of racial dissent. An exhibit at the Watts Towers showcases his work.

Capturing America’s Racial Zeitgeist, One Week at a Time

by Erin Aubry Kaplan January 6, 2026January 6, 2026

We have to call out the increasingly blatant bigotry of the right — like President Trump’s calling Somali Americans “garbage” — or risk accepting it as the new normal.

I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then Came Another Racist Rant

by Erin Aubry Kaplan December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

Holiday Shopping Boycott Fights Trump With the Power of the Purse

by Erin Aubry Kaplan December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

Once More, With Feeling

by Erin Aubry Kaplan November 13, 2025November 13, 2025

Trump Purging Black Elected Officials

The Purging of Black Officials Makes Latent Racism Official Policy

by Erin Aubry Kaplan October 9, 2025October 9, 2025