Race Inquiry Digest (February 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance. The daughter of immigrants, she spars fiercely with supporters of President Trump,…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Desegregating blood: A civil rights struggle to remember – Thomas A. Guglielmo / The Conversation
King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ explains the rage over the NFL anthem protests and the persistence of racial injustice – Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated
Watch Kendrick Lamar, SZA’s Vibrant New ‘All the Stars’ Video – Jon Blistein / Rollling Stone
Remember the Orangeburg Massacre – Robert Greene / Dissent
‘Black Panther’ Brings Hope, Hype and Pride – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
The Arming and Disarming of Black America – Nicholas Johnson / Slate
Bigger Than Ever, And More Diverse: Team USA At The 2018 Winter Olympics -Bill Chappell and Brittany Mayes / NPR
White Women Who Enable Trump Do Not Deserve The Benefit Of Your Doubt – Jessie Daniels / HuffPost
‘Black Panther’ Is Ready To Take Dark-Skinned Actresses (And Colorism) Seriously – Clarkisha Kent / HuffPost
How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance – Laura M. Holson / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (February 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – They considered themselves white, but DNA tests told a more complex story. As more Americans take advantage of genetic testing to pinpoint the…
Uncovering the roots of racist ideas in America – Ibram X. Kendi / The Conversation
Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death – Sharon Austin / The Conversation
DNA Tests on an Ancient Skeleton Reveal the First Briton Was Black, Not White – Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast
Black history is U.S. history — but some of my students don’t want to hear it – Donald Earl Collins / Wash Post
Eric Holder’s Group Targets All-G.O.P. States to Attack Gerrymandering – Alexander Burns / NYT
Chadwick Boseman Reflects On Past Experiences With Racism – Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost
The Latino Flight to Whiteness – William Darity Jr. / The American Prospect
It’s Time We Stop Ignoring Afro-Latino Health Disparities In The U.S. – Adolfo G. Cuevas / HuffPost
The corrupt, racist proposal from the State of the Union address that everyone missed – Eric S. Yellin / Wash Post
They considered themselves white, but DNA tests told a more complex story – Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (February 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America (Revised)
Feature – White Americans, welcome to the club of being asked, ‘Where are you really from?’ In 2020, perhaps for the first time, white Americans…
Race Inquiry Digest (February 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – White Americans, welcome to the club of being asked, ‘Where are you really from?’ In 2020, perhaps for the first time, white Americans…
#BlackLivesMatterAtSchool is a National Uprising for Racial Justice – Jesse Hagopian / The Progressive
‘Some Observations on the NFL and Negro Players’ – Paul Lukas / The Undefeated
America’s Last Slave Ship, and Slavery’s Stain – Brent Staples / NYT
10 quotes from 1968 Kerner Commission report on race that resonate today / CNN
The Women Behind White Power – Elizabeth Gillespie McRae / NYT
Justice Dept. Office to Make Legal Aid More Accessible Is Quietly Closed – Katie Benner / NYT
Trump’s Mainstreaming of ‘Chain Migration’: A White Supremacist’s Dream – Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast
