Race Inquiry Digest (Dec 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Joe Louis’ decision to fight for the segregated Navy was deeply unpopular — until Pearl Harbor was bombed. By Randy Roberts / The Undefeated
Featured Joe Louis’ decision to fight for the segregated Navy was deeply unpopular — until Pearl Harbor was bombed. By Randy Roberts / The Undefeated
Featured The Origins of Herschel Walker’s Complicated Views on Race. By Michael Kruse / Politico
Featured The Missing Voices In The Panic Over Critical Race Theory. By Melinda D. Anderson / HuffPost
Featured Unfinished History of Indigenous Slavery In America. By Kevin Waite / The Atlantic
Featured From ‘Fear of a Black Planet’ to ‘Fear of a Black Universe.’ By C. Brandon Ogbunu / The Undefeated
Featured Menace Enters the Republican Mainstream. By Lisa Lerer and Astead W. Herndon / NYT
Featured The 1619 Project and the Long Battle Over U.S. History. By Jake Silverstein / NYT
Featured White Racial Anxiety Strikes Again. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Featured American Psychological Association apologizes for contributing to systemic racism. By Nicole Chavez / CNN
Featured Virginia governor race highlights irony of banning ‘Beloved’ from schools. By Dana A. Williams / NBC News
Featured Jen Senko on how Fox News brainwashed her dad — and is now prepping its audience for fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Featured Trump’s Big Lie is the new Lost Cause — and it may poison the country for decades. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Featured Fascism or freedom? America is stuck in an ugly and dangerous in-between. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Featured How I Learned That Jesus Is Black. By Dante’ Stewart / NYT (Print by Stanley Rayfield)
Featured White America’s “hidden wound” threatens to destroy the country — and not for the first time. Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Featured John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ Lives On. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Featured The Democracy Crisis: Could This Be Joe Biden’s Big Mistake? By David Corn / Mother Jones
Featured Equity Report | Our America. ABC News
Featured R. Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sexual Abuse Trial. By Alanna Vagianos and Taryn Finley / HuffPost
Featured The ugly history behind those border agents chasing Haitian migrants on horseback. By Julia Craven / Slate
Featured Rev. William J. Barber II: America is now at the “most critical time, between life and death.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Featured Activists Hope a New Voting Rights Bill Might Finally Overcome the Senate Filibuster. By Grace Segers / TNR
Featured The Man Behind Critical Race Theory. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Featured George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists. By Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
Featured Critical race theory turning school boards into GOP proving grounds. By Daniel Payne / Politico
Featured White supremacy, with a tan. By John Blake / CNN
Featured How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy? By Thomas Edsall / NYT
Featured Washington voting rights march marks Martin Luther King anniversary. By Ankita Rao / The Guardian