Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
He’s 100, a renowned jazz musician and a survivor of Tulsa’s 1921 race massacre. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
People! Don’t be misled, bamboozled, hoodwinked, or led astray. Wear a mask!
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – White identity in America is ideology, not biology. The history of ‘whiteness’ proves it. By Nell Irvin Painter / NBC News
The Difference Between First-Degree Racism and Third-Degree Racism. By John Rice / The Atlantic
The US Needs to Be Treated Like the Racist Pariah State It Is. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Why Is the G.O.P. Fighting to Preserve Monuments to Traitors in the Capitol? By The Editorial Board / NYT
Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom. Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
The Hidden History Of Juneteenth. By Gregory P. Downs / TPM
Donald Trump’s Empty Campaign Rally in Tulsa. By Eric Loch / The New Yorker
What Defund the Police really means: swapping social control for investment. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Why did Black Lives Matter protests attract unprecedented white support? By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
The South is red. It’s also Black. By Zachary B. Wolf / CNN
Harris Rises To Top of Biden’s VP List After Klobuchar’s Strategic Exit. By Adrian Carrasquillo / Newsweek
Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump’s response to racial tensions in the country. By Seung Min Kim / Wash Post
Why Are Black Women and Girls Still an Afterthought in Our Outrage Over Police Violence? By Brittney Cooper / Time
Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better. By Calvin Schermerhorn / The Conversation
Racial violence and a pandemic: How the Red Summer of 1919 relates to 2020. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben deserve retirement. They’re racist myths of happy Black servitude. By Michael Twitty / NBC News
As colleges grapple with racist legacies, a monument at Ole Miss will finally go. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
How Richard Pryor Changed the Way Comedy Sees Police Brutality. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
How Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce has become a leading voice in Atlanta and the NBA. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
The History That James Baldwin Wanted America to See. By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – People! Don’t be misled, bamboozled, hoodwinked, or led astray. Wear a mask!
A brief history of the “Lost Cause”: Why this toxic myth still appeals to so many white Americans. By Bob Cesca / Salon
What the Bible Has to Say About Black Anger. The Psalms are not silent about the rage of the oppressed. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Donald Trump has preyed on the American psyche like a demon. At last the exorcism has begun. By Dan Froomkin / Salon
