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More Parents Of Color Think Racism Is Holding Back Their Children In School – Rebecca Klein / Huff Post
Prospects for black America about to get worse under Trump, report says – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Trump’s 100th-day speech may have been the most hate-filled in modern history – Michael Gerson / NYT
The Collapse of American Identity – Robert P. Jones / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest – May 1
Feature – The NFL’s racial divide. The story of the enduring blackness of the running back position is part of a much bigger narrative about…
Anthony Joshua beats Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley – in pictures – Daffydd Bynon / The Guardian
Barack Obama has a powerful voice. He shouldn’t use it for paid speeches – Jill Abramson / The Guardian
This Year’s May Day Protests Aren’t Just About Labor – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
A federal judge is letting an Alabama school district return to segregation – Matthew Roza / Salon
Internment, America’s Great Mistake – George Takei / NYT
Ben Carson Is Proving to Be the Bizarre and Incompetent Secretary of Housing and Urban Development We Expected Him to Be – Alex Kotch / Alternet
The president’s racial demagoguery makes it easier for the GOP to sell tax giveaways to the wealthy. – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Why I don’t write about anti-white hate crimes like the Fresno murders – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black People Are Not All ‘Living in Hell’ – Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
The NFL’s racial divide : Teams don’t consciously build rosters based on race, it just ends up that way – Jason Reid and Jane McManus / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest – April 27
Feature – Confederate memorials have no place in American society. Good riddance. City officials in New Orleans are removing Confederacy-era monuments. But this is not a…
The Stain of Anti-Semitism at the White House Isn’t Going Away – Stosh Cotler and Simon Greer / Alternet
Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery – Anna Maria Barry-Jester / FiveThirtyEight
Watch Obama’s First Post-Presidency Public Appearance – Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone
How Does Race Affect a Student’s Math Education? – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
The L.A. riots: ‘It’s important to remember what started it’ – Angel Jennings and Matt Hamilton / LA Times
Serena Williams’ Response To Racist Comments: ‘Does My Sassiness Upset You’? – Doha Madani / Huff Post
Only 5 percent of Senate staffers are black. Congress needs the ‘Rooney Rule.’ – Don Bell / Wash Post
The Urgency of Ethnic Nationalism – David Leonhardt / NYT
New York Today: An Ella Fitzgerald Centennial – Alexandra S. Levine / NYT
Confederate memorials have no place in American society. Good riddance – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest ( April 24 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Not enough time, too many news sources. The following are compelling stories on race and ethnicity that have been selected for our readers. Feature –…