Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists. By Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Right’s Attempt to Demonize Critical Race Theory Failed in Virginia. By Max B. Sawicky / TNR
The Number of White Americans Is Not “Declining.” By Daniel McGraw / The Bulwark
Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill Restricting Voting Rights. By Sarah Ruiz Grossman / HuffPost
Hate crime reports in U.S. surge to the highest level since 2008, FBI says. By Jon Skolnik / Salon
Cory Booker Outfoxed Republicans on ‘Defund the Police.’ Now What? By Emily Bazelon / NYT
Barbara Lee Has to Vote. By Aida Chavez / The Nation
Racial income and wealth gaps are huge – but the Fed doesn’t have the right tools to fix them. By Paul Wachtel / The Conversation
Black-owned farms in the U.S. are disappearing fast. CBS News
Grand Jury Indicts Three Aurora Cops, Two Paramedics in Elijah McClain Death. By Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast
Oklahoma NAACP files suit challenging anti-protest law. By Sean Murphy / ABC News
Some families of color remain wary of returning to classrooms as new school year begins. By Donna St. George / Wash Post
‘We were the ones that were out there’: Black doctor refuses to accept Dan Patrick’s lies. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
Latino community college presidents cautiously optimistic about enrollment. By Patricia Guadalupe / NBC News
Asian, Black households more likely to donate to racial justice causes. By The AP and NBC News
Clint Smith III on confronting slavery’s legacy in America. By Jamil Smith / Vox
Black Women and Civil War Pensions. By Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr / AAIHS
Arguments on the Left: U.S. History. Three short essays from Michael Kazin, Nikhil Pal Singh, and Barbara Ransby. / Dissent
7 Black Men Who Were Executed In Virginia Are Now Pardoned. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
Candyman’ Director DaCosta Is 1st Black Woman To Debut At No. 1 In U.S. By Sharon Prutt Young / NPR
Ruth Negga on Her Role in Rebecca Hall’s ‘Passing.’ By Malika Rose / New York Mag
Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Home to history and hardball. By Clinton Yates / The Undefeated
Growing Up With Colin Kaepernick. By Jimmie Briggs / Vanity Fair
Wealth manager Humble Lukanga’s mission: ‘Generational freedom’ for Black athletes. By Kent Babb / Wash Post
Black Surfers Reclaim Their Place on the Waves. By Diane Cardwell / NYT
Russell Westbrook’s career comes full circle with hometown Lakers. By Ben Golliver / Wash Post
How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy? By Thomas Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Critical race theory turning school boards into GOP proving grounds. By Daniel Payne / Politico