Ralph Remington
Ralph Remington has extensive professional experience in racial justice, arts administration and government. He is a director, actor, essayist, playwright and screenwriter.
He is the former Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Ralph was the Western Regional Director for Actors Equity Association in Los Angeles. Remington was Director of Theater and Musical Theater at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in Washington, D.C. under the Obama administration. Prior to working at the NEA, Remington was a City Councilmember for the City of Minneapolis. He is a former Guthrie Theater Acting Company member and is the founding Producing Artistic Director of award-winning Pillsbury House Theatre in South Minneapolis. Remington has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from Howard University and is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. He currently lives in the country of Panama. Penetrating Whiteness is his first book.
Presentations from Facing Race 2026
At a time when America faces escalating racial tensions, the re-emergence of white nationalist movements, and growing threats to democracy, Ralph Remington’s Penetrating Whiteness is an urgently needed clarion call.
This powerful and timely collection of essays offers piercing insights into the realities of racism, sexism, homophobia, and the damaging legacy of Donald Trump's divisive presidency. With Trump mounting another run for the White House in 2024 amid the fallout of the January 6th insurrection, the national atmosphere is tinged with volatility and civil war rhetoric. Into this powder keg moment steps Remington, one of America’s leading Black multi-sector voices on identity, social justice, and the path toward racial healing. His essays boldly confront the uncomfortable truths about the persisting toxicity of white supremacy and systemic discrimination.