Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – How Italians Became ‘White.’ Vicious bigotry, reluctant acceptance: an American story. By Brent Staples / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
If Trump’s Rage Brings ‘Civil War,’ Where Will the Military Stand? By Patricia Ravalgi / Daily Beast
Why Trump, Facing Impeachment, Warns of Civil War. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
What My Father Taught Me About Race. By Susan Rice / NYT
When My Louisiana School and Its Football Team Finally Desegregated. By Jere Longman / NYT
CNN Poll: Americans becoming more likely to say diversity enhances culture. By Jennifer Agiesta / CNN
Black men make up only 2% of teachers in the US. A group named ‘Call Me MISTER’ wants to change that. By Amy Chillag / CNN
Harvard’s systemic nepotism revealed: only 57 percent of admitted white students were on merit. By Nicole karlis / Salon
Asian Americans are rightly angry about racism. Making colleges less diverse isn’t the answer. By Jeannie Park / Wash Post
Merger leads To Top Women Led, Minority Owned Investment Firm on Wall Street. By Asia Martin / Forbes
Tyler Perry Builds a New Kingdom, With Madea Behind Him. By Cara Buckley / NYT
Diahann Carroll, Groundbreaking Television And Broadway Star, Dead At 84. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
Eddie Murphy is better than ever in Dolemite Is My Name, a bawdy comedy about comedy. By Alissa Wilkinson / Vox
Simone Biles nails two more amazing moves that will be named after her. By Steve Almasy / CNN
Harvard vs. Howard is much more than a game. By Tommy Amaker / The Undefeated
A hug of forgiveness for Amber Guyger is not absolution for America’s racism. By Isaac Bailey / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Take a Break From Impeachment. Watch Lil’ Kim’s Career-Spanning Performance at BET Hip Hop Awards. By Emily Zemler / Rolling Stone
Donald Trump’s favorite president: Andrew Jackson as father of the “white republic.” By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
As Confederate monument debate continues, Kehinde Wiley’s new statue challenges the heroic narrative. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race. By Asma Khalid / NPR
How the Fed Is Trying to Fix Its White Male Problem. By Jeanna Smialek / NYT
Five African Americans named ‘genius’ grant winnners by MacArthur Foundation. By Kevin Parrish Jr. / The Undefeated
Warren gets ‘dramatic shift’ in support from black voters. By Maya King / Politico
Black Workers Are the Heartbeat of the GM Strike. By Eli Day / Mother Jones
Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder. By Bobby Allyn / NPR
If You Are Black and in a Mental Health Crisis, 911 Can Be a Death Sentence. By Shaun King / The Intercept
Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in Admissions, Judge Rules. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
