Race Inquiry Digest (March 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The NRA, Gun Control and Black People: A Complicated History. Black people, the NRA and gun control share a complicated history, from the…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Black Director Who Should Have Won an Oscar – Gil Troy / The Daily Beast
Oscar-nominated film about Emmett Till contemplates how racial terror affects those left behind – Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
The Right Can’t Fight the Future – Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast
News flash! The Oscars are still so white. Just take a look at the most excluded group – Deena Zaru / CNN
Some of those hit hardest by the opioid epidemic are not rural, white Americans – Eugene Scott / Wash Post
The blurring of racial lines won’t save America. Why ‘racial fluidity’ is a con – Jon Blake / CNN
A Dozen Democrats Want To Help Banks Hide Racial Discrimination In Mortgages – Zach Carter / HuffPost
Trump’s EPA Concludes Environmental Racism Is Real – Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
White Families Are Engines Of Inequality – Jessie Daniels / HuffPost
The NRA, Gun Control and Black People: A Complicated History – David Love / Atl Black Star
Race Inquiry Digest (March 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study, Finds More Poverty And Segregation. A new study that builds on the Kerner Report’s work was released…
African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief history of gospel music’s evolution – Robert Stephens / The Conversation
What is the ‘State of the Black Athlete’? As Told in Pictures / The Undefeated
A Supreme Court Ruling Against Unions Would Hit Black Women Hardest – Eli Day / Mother Jones
Poorer, more diverse schools receive far less funding across the country – Elham Khatami / ThinkProgress
Hate crimes targeting Jews hit highest rate in more than 20 years – E. A. Crunden / ThinkProgress
We’re Judging Latino Students All Wrong – Paul Garcia / HuffPost
Hollywood Diversity Study Finds ‘Mixed Bag’ When It Comes To Representation – Mandalit Del Barco / NPR
Did white privilege protect Nikolas Cruz? Chauncey Devega / Salon
Arming teachers would put black and Latino kids in danger – Stacey Patton / Wash Post
Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study, Finds More Poverty And Segregation – Karen Grigsby Bates / NPR
Race Inquiry Digest (February 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Fanning the Flames of America’s Racial Tensions Is As Russian As Vodka and Blini. Russia used the U.S. history of racial oppression and…
Why is breast cancer mortality higher for African-American women than for white women? Padmashree Rida and Ritu Aneja / The Conversation
For people of color, banks are shutting the door to home ownership – Aaron Glantz and Emanuel Martinez / Salon
To understand slavery, listen to the descendants – Michael Blakey / Wash Post
Black Hair’s Blockbuster Moment – Tiya Miles / NYT
