Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Embattled Whiteness Gave Us Brexit. It Won’t Give Us President Trump – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Affirmative Action in College Admissions, Here to Stay – Richard Primus / NYT
In storied life, Tampa attorney, Delano Stewart, broke ground on many fronts – Paul Guzzo / Tampa Tribune
This is the first installment on the life of Delano Stewart. In the future, Stewart will allow Race Inquiry to publish excerpts from his autobiography, “Negro Lawyer,” which he is…
The Republican Party’s White Strategy – Peter Beinart / The Atlantic
A radical idea to compensate black homeowners harmed by racial bias – Emily Badger / Wash Post
What Makes A Person ‘Truly’ Black? The Complicated Intersection Of Genetics And Race – Sil Lai Abrams / Huff Post
Collegiate Voices – How Harvard set the model for affirmative action in college admissions – Nick Anderson / Wash Post
It was nearly 40 years ago when a fractured U.S. Supreme Court was searching for an acceptable and lawful way to take race and ethnicity…
How Janet Yellen Is Embracing The Fed’s Role In Racial Justice – Daniel Marans / Huff Post
Trump’s special version of Jim Crow — for Muslims – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
The Arc of the LeBron James Story Reaches Its Climax – Marc Tracy / NYT
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people…
The Truth About Elvis and the History of Racism in Rock – Stereo Williams / The Daily Beast
Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power – Wesley Morris / NYT
How Jeb Bush Enlisted in Florida’s War on Black Voters – Pema levy / Mother Jones
The Many Africas : Beyond Continental Caricatures – Ian H. Solomon / Foreign Affairs
Donnell Whittenburg closes in on stardom, one vault at a time – Dave Sheinin / Wash Post
Words of Obama’s Father Still Waiting to Be Read by His Son – Rachel Swarns / NYT
The archivist stumbled across the file in a stack of boxes on the second floor of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in…
Orlando Killings Rob Young New York Muslims of a Cherished Holiday Respite – Liz Robbins / NYT
Trump proposes racial profiling as a tactic ‘to start thinking about’ – Alan Yuhas / The Guardian
Georgetown’s priests sold her Catholic ancestors. Then she found out in an unexpected way – Terrence McCoy / Wash Post
A Confederate Dissident, in a Film With Footnotes – Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
People of color and the future of the Democratic Party – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
“Art is dangerous”: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison, and Sonia Sanchez in conversation – Constance Grady / Vox
On June 15, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting presented the Marlon Brando Award to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni Morrison, and Sonia Sanchez. But before the…
Johnson Publishing sells Ebony, Jet magazines to Texas firm – Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune
Why the whiteness of the American media is everyone’s problem – Howard W. French / The Guardian
The Professional Burdens of Being a ‘Model Minority’ – Adia Harvey Wingfield / The Atlantic
