Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Armed Defenders of White Male Supremacy. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Violence and Trump threats are unlikely to deter Portland protesters. By Darryl Robertson / Wash Post
Trump and his allies are redefining right-wing violence as “self-defense”: That’s a dark path. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem. By Michael Luo / The New Yorker
The Black Mayors Remaking the South. By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Black Americans Worry Postal Changes Could Disrupt History Of Secure Jobs. By Jeff Brady / NPR
Black Ex-Franchisees File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against McDonald’s. By Ruth Umoh / Forbes
How Latinos Can Win the Culture War. By Elizabeth Méndez Berry and Mónica Ramírez / NYT
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors file lawsuit, demanding ‘repair’ for 1921 attack. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
People of color are disproportionately affected by covid-19. Yet they are underrepresented in vaccine trials. By Karen Bass / Wash Post
Military diversity: Army shows few Black officers in top leadership. By Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today
How Minneapolis re-segregated its schools and set the stage for a national crisis. By Erin Einhorn and Nigel Chiwaya / NBC News
The History of Black College Football. By Joshua Crutchfield / AAIHS
NFL will stencil in end zone ‘It Takes All of Us’ and ‘End Racism.’ By Allen Kim / CNN
Kentucky’s Rupp Arena: A College Basketball Mecca With A Complicated Racial Past. By Becky Sullivan / NPR
John Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Sade Announces Six-Album Vinyl Set ‘This Far’ For October Release. By Claire Shaffer / Rolling Stone
The Inevitable Whitelash Against Racial Justice Has Started. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Black American anxiety at all-time high, experts say. By Ryan Shepard / ABC News
Thousands Gather For March On Washington To Demand Police Reform And Racial Equality. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
What the Kenosha shooter tells us about Donald Trump’s America. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The Thin Blue Line Between Violent, Pro-Trump Militias and Police. By Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept
US Law Enforcement’s Warrior Complex Is on Full Display in the Streets—and in Leaked Documents. By Chris Gelardi / The Nation
Jacob Blake’s police shooting highlights the hidden victims of police violence. By Dr. Rhea Boyd / NBC News
The Massacre That Emboldened White Supremacists. By William Briggs and Jon Krakauer / NYT
R.N.C. Rewrites Trump’s Racism — and America’s. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
