Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A Black girl won the first national spelling bee, dealing a blow to racism. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Featured A Black girl won the first national spelling bee, dealing a blow to racism. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Featured Most Americans say colleges should be able to use affirmative action in admissions, but race should play a small role, new poll shows. By…
Featured DEI: The Case for Common Ground. By James E. Ryan / The Chronicle of Higher Education
Featured ‘Our History Is Our Power’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Delivers Commencement Address At Morehouse College. By Melissa Noel / Essence
Featured NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans.’ By Julia Shapiro / The Hill
Featured DeSantis signs bill to defund DEI programs at Florida’s public colleges. By Jack Stripling / Wash Post
Featured Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow And The Original Meaning Of Corruption. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Featured Whose Queen? Netflix and Egypt Spar Over an African Cleopatra. By Vivian Yee / NYT
Featured A California panel has called for billions in reparations for black residents. By AP and NPR People listen to the California reparations task force,…
Featured 60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS