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He Doesn’t Know the System. He’s Been out of Football for Too Long. Nick Greene / Slate
This is what an antiracist America would look like. How do we get there? Ibram X. Kendi / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (December 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Ryan Speedo Green: From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom. After a childhood of anger and violence, the 32-year-old now commands the stage around…
Bush Made Willie Horton an Issue in 1988, and the Racial Scars Are Still Fresh – Peter Baker / NYT
Native Americans are recasting views of indigenous life – Tristan Antone and Daniella Zalcman / National Geographic
Sins of the Fathers: The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many Southern whites still believe otherwise? Paul Duggan / Wash Post
Yes, Jury Selection Is as Racist as You Think. Now We Have Proof – Ronald Wright / NYT
Florida’s ‘Groveland Four’ case was a horrific injustice. Gov. Rick Scott still hasn’t pardoned the falsely accused – Kyle Swenson / Wash Post
Facebook’s Diversity Problem, and Ours -Toure’ / The Daily Beast
The First Step Act, prison reform and the deep roots of mass incarceration – Rachel Leah/ Salon
A Push For Diversity In Medical School Is Slowly Paying Off – Mara Gordon / NPR
People of color will be center stage at Sundance – that’s worth celebrating – Candice Frederick / The Guardian
What Gordon Parks Witnessed: The injustices of Jim Crow and the evolution of a great American photographer – David Rowell / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (December 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – This is what an antiracist America would look like. How do we get there? Ibram X. Kendi / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (December 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – What Gordon Parks Witnessed: The injustices of Jim Crow and the evolution of a great American photographer – David Rowell / Wash Post
America Is Racist. So What Do We Do Now? Activist Lawyer Bryan Stevenson Has Some Answers – Mary Kaye Schilling / Newsweek
The United States Is Becoming a Two-Tiered Country With Separate and Unequal Voting Laws – Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Mike Espy lost his Mississippi Senate bid. But the discussions about racism can change things for the better – Donna Ladd / NBC News
Cindy Hyde-Smith Is Teaching Us What Segregation Academies Taught Her – Noliwe Rooks / NYT
Black Republicans Are the Only GOP Officials Who Seem Bothered by Racism – Jemelle Bouie / Slate
America’s dark history of organized anti-Semitism re-emerges in today’s far-right groups – Bradley W. Hart / Salon
How white racism destroys black wealth – Christopher Imgraham / Wash Post
James Baldwin’s ‘Beale Street’ Is Talking Louder Than Ever – Ben Fountain / The Daily Beast
Rap’s Radical First Act – Walton Muyumba / NYT
Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush? – David Greenberg / Politico
House Judiciary Committee Member Slams Trump For Not Countering U.S. Hate Crimes – Andy Campbell / HuffPost
