Race Inquiry Digest (February 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Northam’s ugly yearbook photo and the racist origins of blackface. The image of a man in blackface standing beside a figure in Klan…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Naomi Osaka Of Japan Secures Her Second Grand Slam Title With Australian Open Victory. By Francesca Paris / NPR
Patriotic or racist? Trump’s Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button issue. By Kristen Jordan Shamus / Detroit Free Press
In Julián Castro’s presidential bid, Latinos see one of their own, defying stereotypes. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Warriors skip the White House, meet with former president Barack Obama instead. By Matt Bonesteel / Wash Post
LGBT Navajos Discover Unexpected Champions: Their Grandparents. By Laurel Morales / NPR
Florida Secretary of State resigns after reveal of blackface photos. By Caroline Kelly / CNN
The Ku Klux Klan Is Growing—in Germany. By Kelly Weill and Josephine Huetlin / The Daily Beast
Driving While Black – African Americans on the Road in the Era of Jim Crow. By Ric Burns / Steeplechase Films
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis. By Democracy Now
Native Son is an imperfect but mesmerizing adaptation of Richard Wright’s classic novel. By Alissa Wilkinson / Vox
Trump’s Wall of Shame. It would stand as a lasting reminder of the white racial hostility surging through this moment in American history. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (January 31) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Closing the Gulf Between Black and White Christians. By Emma Green / The Atlantic
Most young white men are much more open to diversity than older generations. By Phillip Bump / Wash Post
Native American Leader: ‘A Wall Is Not The Answer.’ By David Greene and Ashley Westerman / NPR
The US is still not ready to look at the ugly racism against Native Americans. By Julian Brave NoiseCat / The Guardian
Two Years In, The Republican Party Faces An Uncertain Future In Trump’s Image. By S.V. Date / HuffPost
Two years after Trump asked black voters what they have to lose, the answer is clear: Plenty. By Sam Fulwood III / Thinkprogress
Trump is undoing the diversity of the federal bench. By Derrick Johnson / Wash Post
Analysis: How The Rise Of The Far Right Threatens Democracy Worldwide. Pallavi Gogoi / NPR
Kamala Harris to run for president in 2020. By Maeve Reston / CNN
These Atlanta neighbors no longer wanted to live on Confederate Avenue. Here’s what they did about it. By Dakin Andone / CNN
Tim Scott’s influence grows in a less diverse Republican Party. By Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News
How the Poor People’s Campaign Is Building a ‘New Electorate.’ By Greg Kaufmann / The Nation
LeBron James, the most important athlete in America, explained. By Dylan Scott / Vox
R. Kelly Hasn’t Really Been ‘Dropped’ by Anyone in Music. By Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone
Nathan Phillips and the boys from Covington: What does this ugly encounter say about America? By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (January 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Trump’s Wall of Shame. It would stand as a lasting reminder of the white racial hostility surging through this moment in American history….