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Dave Chappelle’s “8:46” special meditates on black America and George Floyd. By Aja Romano / Vox
America’s Long Overdue Awakening on Systemic Racism. By Justin Worland / Time
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Psychology of Racism: Racism is a sign of a lack of psychological maturity and integration. By Steve Taylor / Psychology Today
The politics of racial resentment come back to haunt the GOP. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
How Much Is America Changing? In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, there has been a leftward turn. Will it stick? By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
George Floyd’s legacy illustrates the burden borne by families of slain black Americans. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Calls to reform, defund, dismantle and abolish the police, explained. By Ben Kesslen / NBC News
Georgia Betrays Its Voters Again. By Charles Bethea / The New Yorker
A Black Vice President for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case. By Katie Glueck / NYT
Chicago Tackles COVID-19 Disparities In Hard Hit Black And Latino Neighborhoods. By Cheryl Corley / NPR
The Stark Racial Inequity of Personal Finances in America. Economic equality is crucial to racial equality. By Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard / NYT
The Army Is Finally Taking the Names of Traitors Off of Its Bases. By Ed Kilgore / New York Mag
Senate confirms general to lead Air Force, clearing way for first black service chief in U.S. history. By Dan Lamothe / Wash Post
Progressive Charles Booker Unveils First Big Ad Buy In Race To Oust Mitch McConnell. By Tara Golshan / HuffPost
Smithsonian gets $25 million grant for program on race. By Peggy McGlone / Wash Post
Spike Lee on his role as an artist in tumultuous times: ‘I’m built for this.’ By Ann Hornaday / Wash Post
How the country music industry is responding to George Floyd’s death — and facing its own painful truths. By Emily Yahr / Wash Post
Seahawks’ Carlos Hyde on ex-49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick: ‘NFL can start by signing (him)’ By Chris Bumbaca / USA Today
Haitian American – Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks out for Black Lives Matter, faces backlash. By Simon Denyer / Wash Post
Bonnie Pointer, Co-Founder Of Pointer Sisters, Dead At 69. By Andrew Dalton / HuffPost
America, This Is Your Chance. We must get it right this time or risk losing our democracy forever. By Michelle Alexander / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – America’s Long Overdue Awakening on Systemic Racism. By Justin Worland / Time