Race Inquiry Digest (October 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – ‘Student Athlete,’ the latest doc from LeBron James, examines the exploitation of college athletes. HBO film tells the story of four athletes in football…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Debunking the most common myths white people tell about race – Robin DiAngelo / NBC News
Memo to Kavanaugh’s defenders: Passage of time doesn’t erase youthful mistakes in the criminal justice system, especially for people of color – Eileen M. Ahlin / The Conversation
Candidate who could be 1st Native woman in Congress will ‘speak up for the folks who have struggled’ – Jessica Sutherland /
Why It’s Time to Rename the Russell Office Building – Joshua Zeitz / Politico
The Year The Networks Finally Embraced Diversity – Kate Aurthur / Buzzfeed
Why We Can’t Stop Rooting for Tiger Woods – Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian / NYT
The polite way to call someone a racist – John Blake / CNN
Vermont’s Only Black Female Lawmaker Resigns Amid Racial Harassment – Camila Domonoske / NPR
This Creative Mash-Up Clip Of ‘Pulp Fiction’ And The Kavanaugh Hearing Once Again Proves The Internet Is Undefeated – Blavity
Today’s Voter Suppression Tactics Have A 150 Year History – Gregory Downs / Talkingpointsmemo
Race Inquiry Digest (October 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Today’s Voter Suppression Tactics Have A 150 Year History. Rebels in the post-Civil War South perfected the art of excluding voters, but it…
Thomas, Kavanaugh and Race – Charles M. Blow / NYT
How South Asian Americans Are Building a New American Dream – Yudhijit Bhattacharjee / National Geographic
Happy birthday, Serena: I’m proud that you spoke up – Cara McClellan / The Undefeated
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics by Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore
Minor Damage: The Criminal Injustice of Black Youth Tried As Adults – Michael Harriot / The Root
White supremacists threaten violence at a Stacey Abrams campaign event. Where’s the media outrage? Kelly Macias / Daily Kos
Sociologists Blow Up the Myth that Uneducated White Voters Support Trump Because of Economic Anxiety: ‘They Share His Prejudices’ – Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The Va. fort that launched self-emancipating black heroes deserves better – Steven T. Corneliussen / Wash Post
How Black Activists Changed Disney’s Mind About Princess Tiana’s Skin in ‘Wreck It Ralph 2’ – Amy Zimmerman / Daily Beast
A new authoritarian axis demands an international progressive front – Bernie Sanders / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (September 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – A new authoritarian axis demands an international progressive front. There is a global struggle taking place of enormous consequence. Nothing less than the…
Land of the free? How Trump has put America’s identity in peril – Ben Fountain / The Guardian
Kavanaugh Accusations Test a ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Culture – Ruth Conniff / TheProgressive
Anita Hill and the Senate ‘sham trial’ that echoes down to Kavanaugh – David Smith / The Guardian
It’s not a blue wave that’s coming in the midterm elections — it’s a black wave – Rochelle Riley / USA Today
Anthony Bourdain’s Message of Tolerance Continues On After His Death – Libby Torres / Daily Beast
We Need More Enemies of the People – David Margolick / NYT
Integrated but unequal: a world laid bare by high-schoolers, documented on film – Stacy Teicher Khadroo and Jasmine Heyward / Chris Sci Monitor
REVIEW: 5 times ‘Nappily Ever After’ proved a Black woman’s struggle is real AF – Cortney Wills / The Grio
