Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Perils and Promise of America’s Third Reconstruction. By Pennel E. Joseph / Time
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Ken Burns on the Holocaust, FDR, and Anti-Semitism. Michael Tomasky / The New Republic Podcast
White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds a book by Roland Martin and Leah Lakins. Bookshop.org
Jackson Mayor: Federal Infrastructure Funding ‘Insufficient’ To Address City’s Water System Problems. By Olafiminan Oshin / The Hill
Harris On Voting Rights: ‘Everything Is On The Line In These Elections In Just Less Than Two Months.’ By Chloe Folmar / The Hill
Joe Biden’s Historic Speech Was Too Damn Nice: No Hand Of Friendship To Fascists. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
DC Mayor Declares Public Emergency Over Migrant Arrivals From Arizona And Texas. By Sonnet Swire / CNN
Daring To Speak Up About Race In A Divided School District. By Daniel Bergner / NYT
How has affirmative action shaped higher education? The Supreme Court might ban it for good. By Tiffany Cusaac-Smith / USA Today
Bernard Shaw, CNN’s Lead Anchor For 20 Years, Dies At 82. By Richard Sandomir / NYT
Religion And Samuel Alito’s Time Bomb. By Andrew Koppelman / The Hill
What Church Splits Can Teach Us About a Dividing America. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today
Christian Nationalism Is Getting Written Out Of The Story Of January 6. By Joyce Dalsheim And Gregory Starett / The Conversation
For A Black Jesuit In The US, Racism Is A Crucible. By Patrick Saint-Jean / NCR
Black Historians Know There’s No Such Thing As Objective History. By Keisha N. Blain / New Republic
New Jersey Hopes To ‘Elevate The Stories Of Black New Jerseyans’ With The Black Heritage Trail. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
U.S. Changes Names Of Places With Racist Term For Native Women. By Mead Gruver / HufPost
The Culture War Is Chasing Teachers Away, Leaving Kids Shortchanged. By Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost
FBI File Shows Bureau Kept Tabs On Aretha Franklin’s Activism, A Common Focus During The Civil Rights Era. By Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN
Ibram X. Kendi’s ‘Magnolia Flower’ Weaves A Black And Native Love Story. By Char Daston / Wbez News
‘Sidney’ Tackles The Not-So-Comfortable Conversations About A Black Cinema Icon. By Candice Frederick / HuffPost
Esther Cooper Jackson, Early Activist For Civil Rights, Dies At 105. By Emily Langer / Wash Post
Playing Through Fire: Athletes In An Age Of Reaction. By Dave Zirin
Cultural taxidermy, not appropriation: the trophies in sports no one wants to talk about. By Tim Thompson / Salon
Looking for More Frances Tiafoes. By Matthew Futterman / NYT
Two Barbers, a YouTube Channel and the Truth About Race at the Racetrack. By Joe Drape / NYT
Deshaun Watson must undergo treatment and have clinicians say ‘he’s on right path’ for suspension to be lifted. By Jonathan Jones / CBS Sports
