Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured These two photos from the Georgia Capitol reveal what the state’s new voting law is all about. By John Blake / CNN
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Atlanta Shooting and America’s Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence. By Cady Lang / Time
Atlanta shootings see Asian, Black, Americans take on white supremacy. By Marc Ramirez / USA Today
I’m An Asian American Woman. The Sexualized Racism I Face Is Terrifying. By Christine Liwag Dixon / HuffPost
Poll: 1 in 4 Americans has seen Asians blamed for COVID-19. By Susan Page and Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
‘This Is Jim Crow in New Clothes.’ Senator Raphael Warnock’s first speech on the Senate floor brought the past into the present. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The GOP is accelerating its descent into authoritarianism. By Max Boot / Wash Post
Don’t laugh at Mr. Potato Head: The right’s culture-war obsessions are a threat to democracy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Unequal Justice: Anti-Klan Law Could Spell Trouble for Trump. By Bill Blum / The Progressive
In City After City, Police Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests. By Kim Barker, Mike Baker and Ali Watkins / NYT
Your Home’s Value Is Based on Racism. Wherever they choose to buy, Black people are penalized by white preferences. By Dorothy A. Brown / NYT
Seizing the moment to revive an historically Black college. By Janet Lorin / Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
A Powerful New Framing of America’s First Civil Rights Movement. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
144 Years After His Death, Nathan Bedford Forrest Still Rules Tennessee Politics. By Matt Shuham / TPM
A new guide leads travelers through U.S. civil rights history. By Kate Silver / Wash Post
Amalgamated Bank becomes the first major US bank to endorse reparations. By Ramishah Maruf / CNN
No, Kanye West Is Not The Richest Black Person In America. By Forbes
“Aretha” crowns the Queen of Soul in glory, thanks to star Cynthia Erivo’s own genius. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
What to Know About the Assault Lawsuits Against Deshaun Watson. By Ben Shpigel / NYT
College players are no longer settling for being on the sports plantation. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield gives powerful speech at U.N.: “I know the ugly face of racism.” By Pamela Falk / CBS News
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Capitol Riots and the Eternal Fantasy of a Racially Virtuous America. By Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
GOP dreams of a return to Jim Crow — and not just through racist voting laws. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Ron Johnson’s racism is breathtaking. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
We are not leaving’: Sewanee’s first Black leader helps propel a racial reckoning at university. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
Anti-Racism Groups Lead Calls For Urgent Action Against Anti-Asian Attacks Following Atlanta Shootings. By Robert Hart / Forbes
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s historic Georgia win showed what’s possible. Now we look to 2022. By Laura Clawson / Daily Kos
