Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (November 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – My travels in white America – a land of anxiety, division and pockets of pain. This summer, Gary Younge took a trip from…
Rooting for All the Black Folk: 8 Cities in America Elected Their 1st Black Mayors Tuesday Night – Angela Helm / The Root
Why interviewing Richard Spencer was a risk worth taking – Gary Younge / The Guardian
Being undocumented while Black – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Ed Gillespie’s race-baiting didn’t win, but it was still too close for comfort – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
In 1898, White Supremacists Killed 60+ African Americans in One of Deadliest Mass Shootings in U.S. – Bishop William Barber / Democracy Now
After Texas Massacre, Drexel Prof. Asks: “What Makes White Men So Prone to This Kind of Behavior?” / Democracy Now
Fear Strikes Out: Dems Beat Back Race-Baiting To Win Crucial Virginia Gubernatorial Race – Cameron Joseph / Talkingpointsmemo
President Trump Was Elected A Year Ago — And Americans Are Feeling Aggrieved – Domenico Montanaro / NPR
Shocked by the racism of past generations? Look around – Fred Hiatt / Wash Post
My travels in white America – a land of anxiety, division and pockets of pain – Gary Younge / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (November 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Where the alt-right wants to take America — with or without Trump. Trump’s electoral victory one year ago this week was not merely…
Why Do White People Feel Discriminated Against? I Asked Them – Toure / Daily Beast
Ibram Kendi, one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, says education and love are not the answer – Lonnae O’Neal / The Undefeated
Let’s Relitigate the Civil War – Jeet Heer / New Republic
There Are More Black Catholics in the U.S. Than Members of the A.M.E. Church – Emma Green / The Atlantic
How Racial Data Gets ‘Cleaned’ in the U.S. Census – Robyn Autry / The Atlantic
Why Colin Kaepernick Matters So Much – Dave Zirin / The Nation
It’s okay to be white’ signs and stickers appear on campuses and streets across the country – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Poll: 1 In 3 Latinos Report Discrimination Based On Ethnicity – Joe Neel / NPR
President Trump is the master of abhorrent identity politics – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Where the alt-right wants to take America — with or without Trump – Carlos Lozada / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (November 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Study Shows American High Schoolers Are Lashing Out in the Increasingly Racist, Anti-Immigrant Atmosphere Trump Has Created. Trump’s fanning of the flames of…
NFL owners, players are moving in the wrong direction – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Remembering Fats Domino, 1928–2017 – David Browne / Rolling Stone
The Truest Form of Identity Politics Belongs to White America – Nareissa Smith / Atl Black Star
Lost Cause : John Kelly echoes the president’s warped view of history – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
13 Asians On Identity And The Struggle Of Loving Their Eyes -Jessica Prols / HuffPost
Russians Targeted U.S. Racial Divisions Long Before 2016 And Black Lives Matter – Phillip Ewing / NPR
Poll: 6 In 10 Black Americans Say Police Unfairly Stopped Them Or A Relative – Joe Neel / NPR
