Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Dave Chappelle Takes On Antisemitism, ‘Observably Stupid’ Herschel Walker On ‘SNL.’ By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Has America Outgrown Affirmative Action? By Spencer Bokat-Lindell / NYT
The GOP made gains among Latino voters in 2020 but Democrats remain the party of choice for upcoming midterms. By Mary Lehman Held / The Conversation
Wes Moore Is the Most Overlooked Candidate in the Midterms. By Walter Shapiro / The New Republic
The Political Attack on the Native American Vote. By Sue Halpern / The New Yorker
Asian Americans have some of the highest levels of support for abortion rights — and it’s driving them to vote. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
How Fetterman drew Oprah into the race against Oz. By Otterbein / Politico
New York City Ballot Measures Promise to “Attack” Institutional Racism. What Does That Actually Mean? By Maggie Duffy / Mother Jones
Older, White and Wealthy Home Buyers Are Pushing Others Out of the Market. By Ronda Kaysen / NYT
MSNBC Cancels ‘The Cross Connection’ After Tucker Carlson Verbally Attacks Host. By Sara Boboltz / HuffPost
How 2 Black radio hosts ended up owning the ‘White Lives Matter’ trademark. By Matt Adams / NPR
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to acquire cannabis businesses for up to $185M. By Stephon Sykes / CNBC
In existential midterm races, Christian prophets become GOP surrogates. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
Reconciliation or Antiracism? Featuring Christina Edmondson, Darrell Brock and Chad Brennam / Christianity Today Podcast
Texas Churches Violate the Law Ahead of Tuesday’s Election, Experts Say. By Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo / The Texas Tribune
Sherman’s March Toward Reparations. A Little-Known Civil War Story Illuminates America’s Broken Promise to Black America By Bennett Parten / Zocalo
‘Black Wall Street’ Was Burned Down in 1921, but It’s Being Revived. By Peter Coy / NYT
Black Women at Columbia University before Brown v. Board. By Hettie Williams / AAIHS
How Saidiya Hartman Changed the Study of Black Life. By Elias Rodriques / The Nation
Film About the Abuse of People of Color Becomes a Teaching Tool. By Liann Herder / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed.
Louis Armstrong’s Last Laugh. By Alan Scherstuhl / NYT
Lena Horne becomes first Black woman honored with Broadway theater. By Li Cohen / CBS News
‘The Hair Tales’ Review: A Hulu/OWN Docuseries on Black Women’s Hair. By Angie Han / Hollywood Reporter
The NFL’s number of Black team presidents is rising. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Astros win World Series as Dusty Baker finally manages a champion. By Chelsea James / Wash Post
Jeff Bezos And Jay-Z Reportedly Might Buy The Washington Commanders. By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
Nets Suspend Kyrie Irving Indefinitely After Antisemitic Movie Post. By Tania Ganguli / NYT
