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Diversity is for White People: The Big Lie Behind a Well-Intended Word – Ellen Berrey / Salon
There Were Fewer Black Men In Medical School in 2014 Than In 1978 – Lauren Silverman / NPR
Obama Explains The Problem With ‘All Lives Matter’ – Carimah Townes / Thinkprogress
Black-Owned Media is On The Decline in a Time When Its Needed Most – Olivia / Atlanta Black Star
Forced busing didn’t fail. Desegregation is the best way to improve our schools – George Theoharis / Wash Post
The Disproportionate Risk of Driving While Black – Sharon Lafraniere and Andrew W. Lehren / NYT
Where Everybody Looks Like Me : At the Crossroads of America’s Black Colleges and Culture – Rod Stodgill
A richly reported account of the forces threatening America’s historic black colleges and universities—and how diverse leaders nationwide are struggling to keep these institutions and…
Asian Americans speak out against a decades-old ‘model minority’ myth – Yanan Wang / Wash Post
Racial Formation in the U.S. – Michael Omi and Howard Winant / You Tube
Twenty years since the publication of the Second Edition and more than thirty years since the publication of the original book, Racial Formation in the…
Slavery Did Not Die Honestly – David W. Blight / The Atlantic
Breaking the Racial Contract – Charles W. Mills / Dissent
The Two Asian Americas – Karan Mahajan / The New Yorker
Two states, two competing futures for voting rights in America – Katrina Vanden Heuvel / The Nation
Slavery, Reparations Dominate David Cameron’s Jamaica Visit – You Tube
Published on Sep 30, 2015 UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Jamaica was overshadowed by slavery reparation calls, which he rejected. The legacy of…
Britain, Jamaica and the Looming Battle Over Reparations – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Black Deaths Matter – Seth Freed Wessler / The Nation
Open Doors and Lingering Pain at Charleston Church Where 9 Were Killed – Richard Fausset / NYT
Ted Cruz wants to be king : Make no mistake, the GOP extremist real goal is absolute control – Heather Cox Richardson / Salon
Poor students in the deep south are graduating, but to what ? – Chico Harlan / Wash Post
Ending the Cycle of Racial Isolation – The Editorial Board / NYT
Don’t Call Don Cheadle’s New Miles Davis Movie ‘Miles Ahead’ a Biopic – Jada Yuan and Trupti Rami / Vulture
Black Lives Matter shouldn’t settle for Democratic candidates’ promises to end private prisons – Dara Lind / Vox
The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighbohoods – Paul Kiel and Annie Weldman / ProPublica
The Largest Most Successful Slave Revolt in History – Steven Hahn / Slate
The horrifying lesson of Tamir Rice: White America will use “objectivity” to justify the murder of black children – Brittney Cooper / Salon
Past Voices – Dr. John Henrik Clarke (1915 -1998) / A Great and Mighty Walk
Published on Aug 12, 2012 Documentarian St. Claire Bourne takes a close-up look at author and historian John Henrik Clarke, who, on camera for much…
Past Voices – Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy ( 1925 – 1968) / On Guns and American Violence
“I have saved this one opportunity to speak briefly to you about this mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and…