Opinion
People are again talking about slavery reparations. But it’s a complex and thorny issue. By Doug Criss / CNN
Why Kyle Korver’s words on white privilege and racism matter. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Journalists Should Call Something Racist When It’s Racist, Associated Press Says. By Marina Fang / HuffPost
Why black voters are so important for Democrats in 2020. By Harry Enten / CNN
White supremacy must be undone — institution by institution. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
How Blackface Feeds White Supremacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
American Meritocracy Is a Myth. By Rajan Menon / The Nation
‘Why Aren’t Democrats Winning the Hispanic Vote 80-20 or 90-10?’ By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Scholar Kathleen Belew on New Zealand, Donald Trump and the rise of “white power.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Donald Trump and racist violence: Research points to a clear connection. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Fighting Racial Bias in an Age of Mass Murder: Prejudice from the Coffee Shop to Charlottesville. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
50 Years of Affirmative Action: What Went Right, and What It Got Wrong. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
Trump and Fox News’ Strategic Obsession With Jussie Smollett. By Adam Howard / The Daily Beast
As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political. By Dani McClain / The Nation
(We digress) William Barr Reads “Moby-Dick,” Finds No Evidence of Whales. By Andy Borowitz / The New Yorker
It’s Bigger Than Mueller and Trump. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
What Should Stacey Abrams Do? By Bob Moser / The New Republic
We need more teachers of color, so why do we use tests that keep them out of the classroom? By Emery Petchauer / The Conversation
The tough choices black parents face when choosing a school for their children. By Kimberly Seals Allers / Wash Post
Fox viewers think Trump’s the best president, and that’s far from their worst misconception. By Sam Fullwood III / ThinkProgress
The White-Extinction Conspiracy Theory Is Bonkers. By Farhad Manjoo / NYC
Reparations are overdue: “Confronting the truth” about slavery means paying for it. By D. Watkins / Salon
The New Zealand Shooting and the Great-Man Theory of Misery. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Donna Brazile and Fox News are a bad pairing in the Trump era. By Rem Rieder / ThinkProgress
Democrats Have Long Been Terrified of the White Moderate. Elizabeth Warren Apparently Has No Such Fear. By Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate
The New Zealand Shooter’s Rhetoric Sounds Like Something You Might Hear In Congress. By Matt Fuller / HuffPost
