Why does Donald Trump demonize cities? Will Wilkinson / Wash Post
President Trump is a big-city guy. He made his fortune in cities and keeps his family in a Manhattan tower. But when Trump talks about…
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I’m a bit brown. But in America I’m white. Not for much longer – Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian
The US Census Bureau plans to redefine ‘white’ to exclude people with Middle Eastern and North African origins. It’s a reminder that the identity has…
America’s Melting Pot Is Boiling Brown People To Death – Sahaj Kohli / Huff Post
The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again – Joan Walsh / The Nation
Liberals believe they’ve debunked the stated rationale of Donald Trump’s so-called “immigration ban,” which has been revised to try to pass legal muster this time…
There’s more to fighting racism than getting rid of a Confederate statue – David Rotenstein / Wash Post
Cornel West on Why James Baldwin Matters More Than Ever – Christopher Lydon / Lit Hub
James Baldwin was the prophetic voice of an era that isn’t over. Fifty years ago he was the intense man from Harlem who wrote, in essays…
The Giant Leap Forward of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” – Brandon Harris / The New Yorker
The story of the week is Trump, Russia and the FBI. The rest is a distraction – Malcolm Nance / The Guardian
Why do so many white people deny the existence of white privilege? Rando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
The Idea That Social Pathology Explains Issues In Black Communities Is Set for Rebirth Under Trump -Cliff Albright / Atlanta Black Star
Black History Month milestones can’t blot out the bad – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
5 years after Trayvon Martin’s death, what has nation learned? Benjamin Crump / USA Today
John Lennon vs. Steve Bannon: A Battle for the Western Soul – Jochen Bittner / NYT
Europeans watched Jews being deported. America must not repeat that mistake – Francine Prose / The Guardian
Among the most iconic and unforgettable images of the Holocaust are photos of Jews being marched at gunpoint through the streets of Amsterdam, Paris and…
Reading James Baldwin on a segregated Southern construction site – Walter Dellinger / Wash Post
In the late ’50s and early ’60s, James Baldwin was a gay black intellectual living and writing essays and novels in New York and Paris….
Can we finally ditch the white working-class myth? Obama-to-Trump voters weren’t the problem – Chauncey Devega / Salon
What did Trump learn at the African American Museum? Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
In remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday, President Trump said: It’s a privilege to be here today. This…
Donald Trump’s white nationalist “genius bar”: Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Michael “Decius” Anton and beyond – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Donald Trump’s administration is built around a brain trust of white nationalists. To deny that fact is to ignore a crucial element of this national…
Republicans Hold On to a Myth to Hold On to Power – The Editorial Board / NYT
Trump and terrorism: Why is the White House ignoring the real danger of homegrown extremism? Heather Digby Parton / Salon
The brouhaha between the Trump administration and the press has continued all week, with President Trump complaining publicly that the media is refusing to cover…
Jeff Sessions is now the attorney general. Here are the four biggest things to fear – Greg Sargent / Wash Post
Betsy DeVos’ Educational Experiments on Black Children In Michigan Should Worry Us All – Cliff Albright / Atlanta Black Star
It’s Black History Month. Look in the Mirror by George Yancy / The Stone NYT
To many Americans, February, first officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as Black History Month, is a time to celebrate African-American achievements, ones…
Why we don’t have White History Month ?- Jenee Desmond-Harris / Vox
During February, it’s not uncommon to hear the refrain, “If there’s an African American History Month, why isn’t there a white one?” This question ,…
The racist history of incarceration that Donald Trump is threatening to repeat -Esther Yu His Lee / ThinkProgress
A Lesson in Black History ( Donald Trump and Frederick Douglass) – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Last week at a supposed Black History Month “listening session” at the White House, Donald Trump made this baffling statement: “I am very proud now…
Why Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Is a Gift to Real Terrorists – Ali Olomi / Alternet
The Fugitive Slave Act galvanized the abolitionist movement. Trump’s Muslim ban could do the same for a new resistance – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
My President Wasn’t Black Enough – Goldie Taylor / Daily Beast
Minutes after the nation’s 45th president took the oath of office— mired in controversy, awash in financial conflict, and loathed by broad swaths of the…
Why Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s Chief Strategist, Is So Dangerous for Black People – Kamau Franklin / Atl Black Star
Racial Progress Is Real. But So Is Racist Progress – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Barack Obama said in his final news conference that he planned to use his time off from politics “to do some writing.” I am hoping…
