Opinion
Trump’s White Nationalism Torments Us Now, But the ‘Centrality of Whiteness’ Will Fade Away – Carey Purcell / AlterNet
White Economic Privilege Is Alive and Well – Paul F. Campos / NYT
Why Does Donald Trump Keep Dissing Jews? – Frank Bruni / NYT
Coming to Terms With My Father’s Racism – Connie Schultz / The Atlantic
Racism Is Everywhere, So Why Not Move South – Reniqua Allen / NYT
Shakespeare’s Cure for Xenophobia – Stephen Greenblatt / The New Yorker
Trump’s Obama Obsession – Charles Blow / NYT
The words ‘I thought my life was in danger’ allow police to kill black people without fear of reprisal – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Has the Southern Poverty law Center Lost Its Way? Ben Schreckinger / Politico
Rev. William Barber: Obamacare repeal would be the greatest moral failing since slavery – Jeff Stein / Vox
On Monument Avenue, Richmond will start recognizing its real history – Editorial Board / Wash Post
What We Are Teaching Black Children – Chris Lebron / NYT
Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Anti-Racism Author Tim Wise: White America Desperately Wants to Be Numb, and Donald Trump ‘Is a Walking, Talking Opioid’ – Chauncey DeVega / Salon via Alternet
Jon Ossoff’s Georgia Sixth Loss Is a Reality Check for Democrats – John Cassidy / The New Yorker
After the mistrial, what’s left of Bill Cosby’s legacy? Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Why schools still can’t put segregation behind them – Derek Black / The Conversation
Why did this powerful church group struggle to denounce white supremacy? Daniel Jose Camacho / The Guardian
The murder of Tupac Shakur is a tragedy — but the why is not a complete mystery – Jessie Washington / The Undefeated
Will Politicians and Police Treat Black Opioid Users with Compassion? Nadra Nittle / Atl Black Star
I’m proof of the parallel racial universe of police stops – Samuel G. Freeman / Wash Post
Bill Cosby was largely irrelevant in black America even before his sexual assault trial began – Mark Anthony Neal / Wash Post
Philando Castile and This Savage System – Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast
LeBron James reminds us that even the rich and famous face racist hatred – Ijemo Oluo / The Guardian
An Ascendant Multiracial Coalition Is on the Cusp of Defeating White Supremacy and Will Open the Doors to a New Era of Democracy – Sheryll Cashin / Alternet
The wrong side of history: My uncle’s Supreme Court stand against interracial marriage – Dave Singleton / Salon
When the Nazis Come Marching In – Dahlia Lithwick / Slate
The Ugliest American: How Trump’s Bigotry Isolates and Imperils America – John Nichols / The Progressive
Republicans are weaponizing the Census to further disenfranchise non-white, non-straight Americans – Markos Moulitsas / Daily Kos
Diary – A Personal Account of the Black Panthers in Algeria – Elaine Mokhtefi / London Review of Books
