Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
When Bail Is Out of Defendant’s Reach, Other Cost Mount – Shaila Dewan / NYT
Black Mexicans face considerable hurdles – Alexis Okeowo / Compton Herald
Black Deaths Matter – Edwin Rios with Kai Wright / Mother Jones
Who Gets to Go to the Pool ? – Brit Bennett / NYT
Past Voices – President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973). Commencement Address at Howard University: “To Fulfill These Rights.” June 4, 1965
Introductory Comment “In far too many ways American Negroes have been another nation: deprived of freedom, crippled by hatred, the doors of opportunity closed to…
Every Serena Williams win comes with a side of disgusting racism and sexism – Jenee Desmond Harris – Vox
“Dinnertimin” and “No Tipping: How Advertisers Targeted Black Consumers in the 1970s – Lenika Cruz / The Atlantic
“We are in a revolutionary moment”: Chris Hedges explains why an uprising is coming – and soon – Elias Isquith / Salon
Why So Few of New York’s Finest Are Black – Ginger Adams Otis / The Atlantic
We’ll Need An Economic Program to Make #BlacklivesMatter: Here Are Three ideas – Jessie A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith / The Nation
Black and White : The Way I See It – Richard Williams (Serena’s Dad)
He’d set his mind to raise two of the greatest women champions in professional tennis well before they could even hold a racket. The father…
Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white people – Joe Swaine, Oliver Laughland, Jamiles Lartey / The Guardian
Obama’s true meaning of America – Greg Jaffe / Wash Post
Finding a Slave Ship, Uncovering History – The Editorial Board / NYT
Racism without Racist: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America – Eduardo Bonilla -Silva
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how beneath our contemporary conversation about race lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites…
Race Color-Blind Public Policy : “An American Dilemma” – Ronald J Sheehy
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race, is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Chief Justice John Roberts How are…
Racial Penalties in Baltimore Mortgages – The Editorial Board / NYT
The racial spectacle of the National Spellling Bee: Our predictable “model minority” story strikes again. – Sameer Pandya / Salon
The Reckless Prosecution of Tiger Mandingo – Rod McCullom / The Nation
Biracial Beauty Queen Challenges Japan’s Self Image – Martin Fackler / NYT
Many Native American Communities Struggle With Effects of Heroin Use – Laurel Morales / NPR
Teachers Of All Races Are More Likely To Punish Black Students – Jeremy Adam Smith / Huff Post
Teaching the Controversy: James Baldwin and Richard Wright in the Ferguson Era – Benjamin Anastas / The New Republic
Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America – Bob Herbert
In his eighteen years as an opinion columnist for The New York Times, Herbert championed the working poor and the middle class. After filing his last…
Fear Of A Black Superhero: Michael B. Jordan and the Importance of Colorblind Casting – Stereo Williams / The Daily Beast
It’s dismally apparent that some black lives matter more than others – Emma Dabri / The Guardian
