Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The book that lies at the heart of white nationalist violence – Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress
Trump and Pence’s war on black athletes has nothing to do with sports – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The NFL Protesters Are Getting Their Message Across – Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost
Black Lawmakers Hold a Particular Grievance With Facebook: Racial Exploitation – Yamiche Alcindor / NYT
Muhammad Ali Was the Greatest but That’s Not the Whole Story – Ronald K. Fried / The Daily Beast
The Ancient Origins of Both Light and Dark Skin – Ed Yong / The Atlantic
‘Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law’ – Bill Moyers
The women who erected Confederate statues are stunningly silent – Peter Galuszka / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (October 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Watch when 20,000 American Nazis Descended Upon New York City. In 1939, the German American Bund organized a rally of 20,000 Nazi supporters…
Why Black-White Economic Disparities in a Very Progressive State Are Called the ‘Worst in the Country’ – Valerie Vande Panne / AlterNet
NFL players discover their power. Now how should they wield it? William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
The new Thurgood ‘Marshall’ movie is a thrilling What-Had-Happened-Was – Kelley L. Carter / The Undefeated
Toni Morrison’s Radical Vision of Otherness – Nell Irvin Painter / New Republic
ESPN Is Terrified of Jemele Hill’s Honesty on Racism – Kashana Cauley / NYT
Historian Nancy MacLean: We’re under attack “by a right-wing machine” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
‘This is about systemic oppression’: Eric Reid becomes the voice of 49ers’ protest with criticism of Pence – Cindy Boren / Wash Post
FBI terrorism unit says ‘black identity extremists’ pose a violent threat – Sam Levine / The Guardian
Watch: When 20,000 American Nazis Descended Upon New York City – Marshall Curry / The Atlantic Video
Virginia Is for Haters – Paul Krugman / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (October 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Confederacy’s ‘Living Monuments.’ The Daughters of the Confederacy’s primary objective was to instill in Southern white youth a reverence for Confederate principles. Indeed,…
Latinos and Whiteness – Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Peeling the Whitewash From Our Myths: Susan K. Smith and Bill Moyers talk about the Bible, the Constitution and Race – Bill Moyers
When white sports fans turn on black athletes – Samuel G. Freedman / The Guardian
America May Be More Divided Now Than Anytime Since the Civil War – Heather Digby Parton / Salon via Alternet
Ray Charles’ ‘America the Beautiful’ is our best hope for bringing us together – Roy Peter Clark / The Undefeated
How colonialism and racism explain the inept US response to Hurricane Maria – Carrie Gibson / Vox
Learning from Fannie Lou Hamer – Matthew Miles Goodrich / Dissent
An Innocent Man Who Imagined the World as It Should Be – Jesse Wegman / NYT
The Academics And Economics Behind School Choice – Niki Kelly et al / Huff Post
The Confederacy’s ‘Living Monuments’ – Karen L. Cox / NYT
