Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Michelle Obama’s Unmatched Call to Action at the Democratic National Convention. By Doreen St. Felix / The New Yorker
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Isabel Wilkerson knows that effective discussions about race require new language. That’s where ‘Caste’ comes in. By Bilal Qureshi / Wash Post
We have never seen a nominee like Kamala Harris before. By Julia Craven / Slate
Every ‘Squad’ Member Won Her Primary. By Daniel Marans / HuffPost
New Research Highlights Gaps In How Black And White Voters Approach Vote By Mail. By Tierney Sneed / TPM
The Senate Is America’s Most Structurally Racist Institution. By Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine
In the Wake of Protests. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Nation’s wealthiest Black man says corporate America should consider slavery reparations. By Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News
The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition.’ By E. James West / AAIHS
Meet the Brave but Overlooked Women of Color Who Fought for the Vote. By Veronica Chambers, Jennifer Schuessler, Amisha Padnani, Jennifer Harlan, Sandra E. Garcia and Vivian Wang / NYT
Racism’s Hidden Toll. In America, how long you live depends on the color of your skin. By Gus Wezerk / NYT
40 Confederate symbols have been removed since the death of George Floyd, SPLC says. By Christina Walker / CNN
Bill Cosby’s sex-crimes appeal attacks trial as ‘fundamentally unfair.’ By MaryClaire Dale / Associated Press
Strange Fruit’: The Timely Return of an Anti-Lynching Protest Song. By David Browne / Rolling Stone
100 Years Ago, ‘Crazy Blues’ Sparked a Revolution for Black Women Fans. By Daphne A. Brooks / NYT
Bob Ryland loved tennis until the very end. By Jerry Bembry / The Undefeated
How Miss Universe’s historic win helped shift the status quo for beauty standards. By Michelle Cohan / CNN
The Nonviolent Activist Who Mentored John Lewis, Rev. James Lawson. By Peter Dreier / The Progressive
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured -Fear of a Black Uprising. Confronting the white pathologies that shape racist policing. By Kimberle’ Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
Lynchings are part of Georgia’s history — and the state’s present. By Sandy Hodson / USA Today
Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Trump and His Allies Think They Know Who Counts. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Ending California’s ban on affirmative action could show how far it’s come. By Dan Morain / Wash Post
This black man shouldn’t spend life in prison for trying to steal hedge clippers. By Chief Justice Bernette Johnson / The Guardian
America’s Policing System Is Broken. It’s Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety. By Josiah Bates and Karl Vick / Time
The Black Lives Matter Movement Hits a Different Kind of Wall. By Robin Givhan / Wash Post
A confluence of events has created a moment for a Georgia pastor to take a Senate seat away from warring Republicans. By Paul Kane / Wash Post
