The Weekend Edition of Race Inquiry Digest features the top stories from the two previous Digests published during the week. Click here for earlier Digests.
Editor’s Note: The late Lee Atwater, a Republican political operative, in 1981 explains how Republicans can win votes of racist without sounding racist themselves. Famously he said, “You start out in 1954 by saying “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger” – that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like forced bussing, states’ rights, and all that stuff.” Today, similarly, DEI, CRT, woke, improper ideology, antisemitism, anti-Christian bias, view-point diversity, color-blind, merit based, and sex-based discrimination are used to distort the truth for political purposes by changing the perspective and creating a-historical fact patterns. As Malcolm reminded us do not be “bamboozled or misled.”
Political / Social
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History. By David Frum / The Atlantic Read more and/or listen here
Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction. By Zachary B. Wolf / CNN Read more
Trump says diversity initiatives undermine merit. Decades of research show this is flawed. By Paula McDonald / The Conversation Read more
How Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s second term. By Dave Davies / NPR Fresh Air Podcast Read more and/or listen here.
Education News (New)
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean? Jennifer Schuessler / NYT Read more
Is the End Near for Black Colleges? By William Spivey / Level Read more
5 Reasons to Fear Trump’s Attempt to Segregate Schools Again. By Lawrence Ware / The Root Read more
World News
As Gaza Siege Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry and Patients Die. Erika Solomon and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad / NYT Read more
After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in. By Sammy Westfall / Wash Post Read more
A Look Back At Nelson Mandela’s Historic Presidency. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone Read more
Ethics / Morality / Religion
The emperor’s gospel: Donald Trump and the power of Christianity. By Michael DeLashmutt / RNS Read more
The Supreme Court Is About to Let Religion Ruin Public Education. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones Read more
Historical / Cultural
What the Reconstruction Era Can Teach Us About the Politics of Shame. By Brandon Terry / Time Read more
These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI. By Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian Read more
James’ Won the Pulitzer, but Not Without Complications. Alexandra Alter / NYT Read more
Sports
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich leaves legacy of speaking up against injustice. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape Read more
Saquon Barkley can’t outrun history. By Justin Tinsley / Andscape Read more
LeBron James to mull NBA future after Lakers’ early exit from playoffs. By Ben Golliver / Wash Post Read more
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