Opinion
A Last Hope for Truth in a Mass Lynching – The Editorial Board / NYT
The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action – Hua Hsu / The New Yorker
I Pretended To Be White To Find Out Why White People Support Confederate Monuments – Alecia Smith / HuffPost
White Women, Come Get Your People – Alexis Grenell / NYT
The Angry White Male Caucus – Paul Krugman / NYT
The Caucasian Kanye: Tucker Carlson Has Gone Full White Nationalist – Michael Harriot / The Root
How Real Estate Segregated America – Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / Dissent
Debunking the most common myths white people tell about race – Robin DiAngelo / NBC News
Memo to Kavanaugh’s defenders: Passage of time doesn’t erase youthful mistakes in the criminal justice system, especially for people of color – Eileen M. Ahlin / The Conversation
Why It’s Time to Rename the Russell Office Building – Joshua Zeitz / Politico
The polite way to call someone a racist – John Blake / CNN
Thomas, Kavanaugh and Race – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Happy birthday, Serena: I’m proud that you spoke up – Cara McClellan / The Undefeated
Sociologists Blow Up the Myth that Uneducated White Voters Support Trump Because of Economic Anxiety: ‘They Share His Prejudices’ – Chauncey DeVega / Salon
A new authoritarian axis demands an international progressive front – Bernie Sanders / The Guardian
Land of the free? How Trump has put America’s identity in peril – Ben Fountain / The Guardian
Kavanaugh Accusations Test a ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Culture – Ruth Conniff / TheProgressive
It’s not a blue wave that’s coming in the midterm elections — it’s a black wave – Rochelle Riley / USA Today
On Hating the Jews – Natan Sharansky / Commentary Magazine
Are today’s white kids less racist than their grandparents? Margaret Hagerman / The Conversation
Police killings, brutality damaging mental health of black community – Lisa H. Thyrau and Johanna Wald / USA Today
This is the most important thing you will do all year – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
‘The Star-Spangled Banner’s’ racist lyrics reflect its slave owner author, Francis Scott Key – Jamie Stiehm / The Undefeated
The Serena Williams cartoon, the Dallas shooting and the weapon of white femininity – Lonnie O’Neal / The Undefeated
Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning? Claire Cain Miller / NYT
Affirmative Action Spectacle – Charles Blow / Wash Post
