Race Inquiry Digest (March 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The entrenched segregation of New York City’s public high schools. By Rachel Leah / Salon
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
White Nationalism Is an International Threat. By Patrick Strickland / The Nation
The Longer History of the Christchurch Attacks. By David C. Atkinson / The Nation
The New Zealand Shooter’s Rhetoric Sounds Like Something You Might Hear In Congress. By Matt Fuller / HuffPost
Does anyone doubt that Donald Trump inspired the New Zealand massacre? By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The Myth of White Meritocracy. By Linda Wiggins-Chavis / The Progressive
Who “belongs” at elite universities? The raging hypocrisy of higher ed gatekeeping. By Rachel Leah / Salon
Martin Luther King or Lonnie King, we all have the power to change America. By Paul Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick / USA Today
This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You Smile. By Nicholas Kristof / NYT
In Some Major Cities Black DAs Have Arrived, But Will They Help Change the Criminal Justice System? By David Love / Atl Black Star
Ending HIV In Mississippi Means Cutting Through Racism, Poverty And Homophobia. By Ari Shapiro / NPR
Atlanta’s Civil War Monument, Minus the Pro-Confederate Bunkum. By Daniel Judt / The Atlantic
‘While Black’: New York City Commission on Human Rights Launches Campaign to Combat Anti-Black Racism. By Monique Judge / The Root
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ scintillates and confounds at SXSW premiere. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
It’s Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is. By Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast
Race Inquiry Digest (March 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Democrats Have Long Been Terrified of the White Moderate. Elizabeth Warren Apparently Has No Such Fear. By Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate
The GOP’s campaign against Ilhan Omar backfires. By Ginna Green / Salon
White parents are enabling school segregation — if it doesn’t hurt their own kids. By Noah Berlatsky / NBC News
Turns Out There’s a Proper Way to Buy Your Kid a College Slot. The Editorial Board / NYT
‘What Does It Take?’: Admissions Scandal Is a Harsh Lesson in Racial Disparities. By John Eligon and Audra D.S. Bush / NYT
New Data Show The State Of Hate In Texas. By Luke O’Brien / HuffPost
Now You Can Search To See If Hate Groups Live In Your Hometown. By Southern Poverty Law Center / The Daily Beast
The Tragedy of Baltimore. By Alec MacGillis / ProPublica
In South Africa’s Fabled Wine Country, White and Black Battle Over Land. By Selam Gebrekidan and Normitsu Onishi / NYT
Timuel Black’s ‘Typical’ Life. By Norman Stockwell / The Progressive
The One and Only Naomi Osaka. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
After 100 years, Mussolini’s fascist party is a reminder of the fragility of freedom. By Richard Gunderman / The Conversation
Race Inquiry Digest (March 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – It’s Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is. By Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast
(We digress) God Offers People of Alabama New Bibles to Replace Ones Trump Signed. By Andy Borowitz / The New Yorker
The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
A black lawmaker and mother refused to back down in opposing a ‘stand your ground’ bill. The measure was defeated. By Christina Maxouris and Michelle Krupa / CNN
