Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Sessions Is Right That Separating Families Isn’t Like the Nazis. It’s Like Slave Owners – Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast
Declaration of War: The violent rise of white supremacy after Vietnam – Patrick Blanchfield / The Nation
Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Charleston Apologizes for City’s Role in Slave Trade – Mellissa Gomez / NYT
Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States – Sabrina Tavernize / NYT
Fall of the American Empire – Paul Krugman / NYT
The Racist Trope That Won’t Die – Brent Staples / NYT
Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Russell W. Irvine, Ph.D. (1944 – 2018) -“Down But Not Out” – Ronald J. Sheehy / Race Inquiry
Our friend and colleague, Russell W. Irvine, died on Sunday. His was not a protracted struggle with a debilitating illness, but a sudden exhaustion of life…
Race Inquiry Digest (June 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – White People Are Noticing Something New: Their Own Whiteness. Being white in America has long been treated, at least by white people, as…
How Much Can Democrats Count on Suburban Liberals? Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Three Years After Dylann Roof, Neo-Confederates Are Back – Mark Potok / The Daily Beast
WHAT TRUTH SOUNDS LIKE by Michael Eric Dyson – Kirkus Review
Why black women’s experiences of #MeToo are different – Yolonda Wilson / The Conversation
San Francisco’s First Black Female Mayor Defies the Liberal Litmus Test – Jamilah King / Mother Jones
#SummerReading: Recommended New Books on the Black Experience – Ibram X. Kendi / Black Perspectives
The United States’ Long History Of Separating Families Of Color – Sara Boboltz / HuffPost
It Shouldn’t Have Taken a Lawsuit to Find Out Harvard Was Biased Against Asian Americans – Aaron Mak / Slate
Sally Hemings Takes Center Stage – Annette Gordin-Reed / NYT
White People Are Noticing Something New: Their Own Whiteness – Emily Bazelon / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (June 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – A Radically Woke and Deeply Conservative Commencement Address. At Pomona College, Danielle Allen spoke about the Declaration of Independence and its electric cord….
Joe Louis KO’d white supremacy and Max Schmeling 80 years ago – Jeff Rivers / The Undefeated
The Supreme Court just cleared the way for the mass disenfranchisement of voters – Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress
Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health – Olga Khazan / The Atlantic
Ira Berlin, 1941–2018 – Remembering a man who transformed scholarship on slavery and African-American culture – Eric Foner / The Nation
Georgia church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over racial discrimination charges – Holly Meyer / USA Today
