Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured “Trump is Gone.” By The Comedy Quartet / YouTube
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Challenge of Black Patriotism. By Theodore R. Johnson / NYT
Biden speaking about systemic racism is a win. But the battle is just beginning. By Courtland Milloy / Wash Post
Americans didn’t repudiate Donald Trump. But Black voters did. Suzette Hackney / USA Today
This Election, Latinos Sent a Warning Sign to Democrats. By Mariso Franco / NYT
Obama says internet, social media are threat to democracy. By Peter Kafka / Vox
How Georgia went blue. By Katrina vanden Heuvel / Wash Post
Nearly two-thirds of older Black Americans can’t afford to live alone without help – and it’s even tougher for Latinos. By Jan Mutchler / The Conversation
Homes for sale: Black homeowners more likely to return to renting. By Charisse Jones / USA Today
Some Brazilians long considered themselves White. Now many identify as Black as fight for equity inspires racial redefinition. By Terrence McCoy and Heloisa Traiano / Wash Post
Where Is the Smithsonian Museum for American Latinos? By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Ken Salazar / NYT
The Thanksgiving Myth Gets a Deeper Look This Year. By Brett Anderson / NYT
How the Nation of Islam Pioneered Prison Protest. By Joshua Clark Davis / AAIHS
Ta-Nehisi Coates isn’t ready to celebrate America just yet. By Helena Andrews-Dyer / Wash Post
“The Reagans” shows how the Gipper paved the way for political actors pretending they aren’t racist. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Smokey Robinson on Marvin Gaye, ‘My Girl’ and new Audible memoir. By Patrick Ryan / USA Today
First all-Black NFL officiating crew to work Monday Night Football game. By Kevin Seifert. ESPN
Tiger Woods and the fight with his body, his game and his motivation. By Bob Harig / ESPN
Racial Tension is Driving an Increase in Black Gun Ownership. By Melissa Chan / Time
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A Blueprint for Racial Healing in the Biden Era. By Sheryll Cashin / Politico
Black voters delivered Democrats the presidency. Now they are caught in the middle of its internal battle. By Eugene Scott / Wash Post
So-called “Latino vote” is 32 million Americans with diverse political opinions and national origins. By Lisa Garcia Bedolla / Salon
Trump’s racist appeals powered a White evangelical tsunami. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
What Democrats Are Up Against in Georgia. By Joseph Crespino / NYT
Record Number Of Women Of Color Are Headed To Congress. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
Police reform measures were a winner this election. By Rachel Ramirez / Vox
California may have foreshadowed the end of affirmative action. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
Biden’s COVID-19 Response Must Start With Most Vulnerable : Shots – Health News: By Abraar Karan, Ranu Dhillon, David Walton and Ingrid Katz / NPR
As winter approaches, America’s racist produce distribution system makes food insecurity worse. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
A Black man will lead VMI for the first time in history, amid racism investigation. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
