Opinion
Trump and Pence’s war on black athletes has nothing to do with sports – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Toni Morrison’s Radical Vision of Otherness – Nell Irvin Painter / New Republic
ESPN Is Terrified of Jemele Hill’s Honesty on Racism – Kashana Cauley / NYT
Historian Nancy MacLean: We’re under attack “by a right-wing machine” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Virginia Is for Haters – Paul Krugman / NYT
Latinos and Whiteness – Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Peeling the Whitewash From Our Myths: Susan K. Smith and Bill Moyers talk about the Bible, the Constitution and Race – Bill Moyers
America May Be More Divided Now Than Anytime Since the Civil War – Heather Digby Parton / Salon via Alternet
Daily Kos endorses Stacey Abrams, who would be Georgia’s—and America’s—first black woman governor – Kelly Macias / Daily Kos
‘Playing While White’ examines privilege on and off the field – David J. Leonard / The Undefeated
Don’t lose track of the issues Colin Kaepernick risked his career to illuminate – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Taking a knee has always been a sign of reverence, not disrespect – Luke Bretherton / Wash Post
Jemele Hill on doing the right thing – Jemele Hill / The Undefeated
Trump Made Kaepernick’s Protest About Him. Here’s How to Take it Back – Mychal Denzel Smith / New Republic
‘Sisterhood’ Felt Meaningless. So My Sisters and I Got in the Car – Kaitlyn Greenidge / NYT
Here’s Why St. Louis Is Exploding – Jamilah King / Mother Jones
The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee – Eric Foner / NYT
The Lingering Damage of Ferguson’s Racism – The Editorial Board / NYT
We still have time to repent for American racism – Danya Ruttenberg / Wash Post
The first white president’ is a ‘bad dude’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Was Charlottesville the Exception or the Rule – Claudia Rankin / NYT
White House Rejects Supremacist Label: “No One Has Done More Than Trump to Prove White People Are Not Superior” – Andy Borowitz / The New Yorker
What Anti-Semitism in America Looks Like From Israel – Shmuel Rosner / NYT
Trump’s Signals to White Supremacists Aren’t Dog Whistles. They’re Flares – Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones
Yes, it’s really this simple: Donald Trump is a cranky, obsessive racist – Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Republicans hit peak racial hypocrisy: Their condemnation of white supremacy is laughable – Chauncey DeVega / Salon
