President Trump would reconstruct our racist past – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
How about we hold off on dancing in the end zone in celebration of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture? And…
Opinion
“Down goes Trump! Down goes Trump!”: Burdened by his basket of deplorables, Donald Trump was easily knocked out by Hillary Clinton – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Fear of a woman president: How the white backlash against Obama fueled Hillary hate and the rise of Trump – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Collegiate Voices – An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’ – Marybeth Gasman / Wash Post
Trump’s White Supremacy Platform Comes into Focus – Brian Butler / New Republic
He promises the enrichment and safeguarding of white people at the expense of the principle of equal protection. Read more Also see : Trump wants…
The Art of the Venal : Donald Trump thinks politics is business, and business is theft – William Saletan / Slate
The Success of the Voter Fraud Myth – The Editorial Board / NYT
Why We Are Protesting in Charlotte – William Barber II / NYT
How blacks made America and it made us- Kojo Nnamdi / USA Today
Trump’s Hitlerian disregard for the truth – Richard Cohen / Wash Post
The Folly of the Protest Vote – Charles Blow / NYT
Trump’s attack on Black America : Birtherism was always about more than Obama’s birth certificate – Chauncey Devega / Salon
It’s race and immigration, stupid – Michael Paarlberg / The Guardian
Kaine: Some Trump Voters Are ‘Motivated By Dark Emotions’ – Jessica Taylor / NPR
Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist – Dana Milbank / Wash Post
How white racism and a complicit media are keeping Trump close in the polls – and why it won’t be enough – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The ugliest, most appalling spectacle in American politics – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Members of North Carolina student chapters of the NAACP and opponents of voter ID legislation in the gallery of the House chamber of the North…
Colin Kaepernick’s brave statement: His national anthem protest exemplifies the values America must stand for – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Colin Kaepernick and What White Fans Don’t Understand About Black Athletes – Evan F. Moore / Rolling Stone
If there’s one thing Colin Kaepernick has shown us this week, it’s that when a black athlete steps out of line in the eyes of…
Booked: The Origins of the Carceral State – Timothy Shenk / Dissent
White Man Calls In to C-SPAN to Ask How He Can Stop Being Prejudiced. Here’s the Moving Response – Inae Oh / Mother Jones
On Sunday, an ordinary C-SPAN segment quickly transformed into a rare and moving conversation about racial attitudes in America, when a white man called in…
What the world could lose in America’s presidential election – Fred Hiatt / Wash Post
Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin (Trickledown Economics and Colorblindness) – Felicia Wong and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation
Why Trump And The White Supremacist Alt-Right Are Threats To Democratic Values – And Our National Security – Robert Creamer / Huff Post
Harry Belafonte weighs in on Nate Parker and his new film – Mesfin Fekadu / Wash Post
“There was a market for white resentment”: Tim Wise on Trump, David Duke and the bigotry that’s risen from the shadows – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Read or listen: Interview with Tim Wise about what the Trump phenomenon portends for the future of U.S. politics. Read or listen here.
Trump’s Outreach to Black Voters Isn’t About Black Voters – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
