Race Inquiry Digest (May 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Colorism in Cuba: How Did Seeking ‘Strong Men of Color’ Ever Become Acceptable in Cuba? By Alejandro De La Fuente / NYT
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The Mobile Resistance. By Manisha Sinha / The Nation
What Do Native Americans Want From a President? By David Montgomery / Wash Post
Going Native: ‘The Struggle to Care for Our Own.’ By Mark Anthony Rolo / The Progressive
Racial wealth gap is vast: 2020 Democrats have plans to close it. By Benjy Sarlin / NBC News
A billionaire will pay off debt of Morehouse College’s 2019 graduates. Here is what that gesture means. By Darran Simon / CNN
Elizabeth Warren Takes a Different Strategy to Court the Black Vote. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
New poll shows black voters want 2020 candidates with big policy plans, not just big names. By P. R. Lockhart / Vox
The Brown v. Board of Education case didn’t start how you think it did. By Charise Cheney / The Conversation
Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S By Richard Engel, Kate Benyon-Tinker and Kennett Werner / NBC News
One big NBA family: How the Curry and Rivers clans are deeply related. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Black women start a walking movement to battle the obesity epidemic. By Christopher Dawson / CNN
African samurai: The enduring legacy of a black warrior in feudal Japan. By Emiko Jozuka and Natalie Leung / CNN
Rich white men rule America. How much longer will we tolerate that? By Nathan Robinson / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (May 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019. By Patricia Cohen / NYT
Trump judicial nominees decline to endorse Brown v. Board under Senate questioning. By Laura Meckler and Robert Barnes / Wash Post
White Supremacy Beyond a White Majority. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry. By David A. Graham, Adrienne Green, Cullen Murphy and Parker Richards / The Atlantic
A Trumpist Constitution? By Jedediah Britton-Purdy / Dissent
Donald Trump: White welfare king and lord of the great grift. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Koreatown, Little Saigon and South Asians: As Asian Americans diversified, so did their communities. By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil / NBC News
We Cannot Resign Ourselves to Dismay and Disenfranchisement. By Stacey Abrams / NYT
How Rich White Men Win When Abortion Restrictions Become Law. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Black Women in Chicago, Getting Things Done. By Salamishah Tillet / NYT
Here’s What I’ve Learned From Being The Only Black Woman In The Conference Room. By Kell Hammond / HuffPost
SAT Adversity Index: A Drive Toward Diversity Without Discussing Race. By Anemona Hartocollis and Amy Harmon / NYT
Why America Needs Its HBCUs. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
