Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump’s Cult of Animosity Shows No Sign of Letting Up. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn’t. By David Miguel Gray / The Conversation
Tucker Carlson prepares white nationalists for war: Don’t ignore the power of his rhetoric. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Adam Serwer On New Book: ‘The Cruelty Is The Point’ In Trump’s America. By Sarah McCammon / NPR Podcast
More than half of House Republicans stand with Confederate traitors in the U.S. Capitol. By Joan McCaster / Daily Kos
Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Dear Kamala Harris: It’s a Trap! By Christina Greer / NYT
Trump says Herschel Walker will run for Georgia Senate seat in 2022. By Brittany Gibson / Politico
Segregation Getting Worse In Most American Cities, Study Says. By Adam Mahoney / RolllingStone
Reparations needed to confront anti-Black racism, UN rights chief says. By AP and NBC News
How hate incidents led to a reckoning of casual racism against Asian Americans. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Rep. Cori Bush wants to transform policing and public safety with new bill. By Char Adams / NBC News
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned. By Maryclaire Dale / AP News
The race-based adjustment for kidney functioning that’s harming Black Americans. By Jennifer Tsai / Slate
What Jewish Students Need From University Leaders Right Now. By Matthew Bronfman / NYT
College applications pour in because of optional ACT, SAT test scores amid COVID-19. By Lindsay Schnell / USA Today
Office Culture Is So Unwelcoming To Black Employees, They Don’t Want To Go Back. By Monica Torres / HuffPost
Mom’s fight against hair bias could spark statewide changes in Illinois. By Aryana Azari / GMA
Fatal shooting of 2 Black people in Massachusetts investigated as hate crime, officials say. By Wilson Wong / NBC News
On July 4, recognize the Black and Indigenous soldiers who helped win the Revolutionary War. By Bonnie Watson Coleman / Wash Post
A Maryland attic hid a priceless trove of Black history. Historians and activists saved it from auction. By Michael E. Ruane / Wash Post
Case files from 1964 “Mississippi Burning” murders made public. CBS News
Pride means knowing LGBTQ history — including that of Indigenous Two-Spirit people. By Simon Moya-Smith / NBC News
Black Valedictorians and the Toxic Trope of Black Exceptionalism. By Samuel Getachew / NYT
Johnson County, Iowa, Renamed After Black Professor Instead Of Vice President. By James Doubek / NPR
‘The Queen of Basketball’ Lucy Harris finally gets her flowers. By Kevin L. Clark / The Undefeated
Carmelo Anthony of Portland Trail Blazers wins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award. By Marc J. Spears / ESPN
