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Trump has repeatedly attacked the NFL. That hasn’t stopped players from protesting – P.L. Lockhart / Vox
The Next Populist Revolution Will Be Latino – Reihan Salam / The Atlantic
As a young reporter, I went undercover to expose the Ku Klux Klan – Dick Lehr / The Conversation
Brian Kemp’s Bid for Governor Depends on Erasing the Black Vote in Georgia – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
If you want to know exactly what racial profiling looks like, just watch this video – SemDem / Daily Kos
Omarosa, Trump and the curse of being a black woman in America – Sophia A. Nelson / NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (August 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Omarosa, Trump and the curse of being a black woman in America. “The most disrespected woman in America is the black woman. The…
Teaching white supremacy in the age of the alt-right – Nikki Brown / Wash Post
It’s time for Louisiana to strip white supremacy from its constitution – John Legend / Wash Post
Crazy Rich Asians: 5 things to know about the effervescent rom-com – Alex Abad-Santos / Vox
Are Jews White? Atiya Husain / Slate
Why Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred places – Rosalyn R. LaPier / The Conversation
Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing – Michael Wines / NYT
‘Demographic Change’ Doesn’t Cause Racism, Racists Do – Noah Berlatsky / HuffPost
What The Source Taught Me – Lawrence Ware / NYT
What Harvard can learn from Texas: A solution to the controversy over affirmative action – David Orentilcher / The Conversation
Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas – The Editorial Board / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (August 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas. After the Civil War, many states imposed what the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Douglas Blackmon rightly describes as…
Study: 11 million white Americans think like the alt-right – Zack Beauchamp / Vox
White anxiety finds a home at Fox News – Brian Stelter / CNN
As Poor White People Seek To Justify Their Anger, the Demonization of Poor Black People Has Backfired – David Love / Atl Black Star
“BlacKkKlansman” and white women: Spike Lee’s new film indicts their investment in white supremacy – Rachel Leah / Salon
Before civil rights activist Medgar Evers was killed for his work there was Elbert Williams. His case is being reopened – Emanuella Grinberg / CNN
How 911 calls on blacks are a new twist on something old: white flight – John Blake / CNN
The historic blackness of Tyler Mitchell and Beyoncé’s Vogue cover – Andre’ Leon Talley / Wash Post
Chicago’s deadly summer: guns, gangs and the legacy of racial inequality – David Taylor / The Guardian
