Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Sessions was confronted about the lack of diversity in his staff. His reply was a mess – Melanie Schmitz / ThinkProgress
Colin Kaepernick: Meek Mill Is Victim of ‘Systemic Oppression’ – Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
Almost Half of White Southerners Believe White People Are Under Attack: Poll / Ilana Novick / AlterNet
Lupita Nyong’o is right: erasing her afro hair exposes the extent of prejudice – Yasmin Jones-Henry / The Guardian
The Guardian view on white nationalism: a rising danger – Editorial / The Guardian
Trump sounds ignorant of history. But racist ideas often masquerade as ignorance – Ibram X. Kendi / Wash Post
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Opioid Vs. Crack Addiction: A Racial Double Standard? G. Nathalee Serrels / Addicts Helpline
Race Inquiry Digest ( November 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Can My Children Be Friends With White People? When they ask, I will teach my sons that their beautiful hue is a fault…
How African American WWII Veterans Were Scorned By the G.I. Bill – Brandon Weber / The Progressive
Gen. Kelly’s Civil War Story Derives From 19th-Century Pro-Slavery Evangelicalism – Julie Ingersol / Religion Dispatches via AlterNet
Black Women Voters Save Democratic Candidates Time and Time Again – Kali Holloway / AlterNet
As NFL protest movement shifts, neutrality is no longer an option – William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
We’re Sick of Racism, Literally – Douglas Jacobs / NYT
When Jazz Age Superstar Josephine Baker Spied on the Nazis – Meredith Hindley / Daily Beast
Where Native Kids Were Sent To Be Americanized – Maha Ahmed / Mother Jones
How to Fight White Backlash – Robert Greene / Dissent
Most Decorated Unit In U.S. History Fought For A Country That Didn’t Accept Them – Kimberly Yam / HuffPost
Can My Children Be Friends With White People – Ekow N. Yankah / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (November 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – My travels in white America – a land of anxiety, division and pockets of pain. This summer, Gary Younge took a trip from…
Rooting for All the Black Folk: 8 Cities in America Elected Their 1st Black Mayors Tuesday Night – Angela Helm / The Root
Why interviewing Richard Spencer was a risk worth taking – Gary Younge / The Guardian
Being undocumented while Black – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Ed Gillespie’s race-baiting didn’t win, but it was still too close for comfort – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
In 1898, White Supremacists Killed 60+ African Americans in One of Deadliest Mass Shootings in U.S. – Bishop William Barber / Democracy Now
After Texas Massacre, Drexel Prof. Asks: “What Makes White Men So Prone to This Kind of Behavior?” / Democracy Now
