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The Joe Biden wokeness paradox: Can black voters support him and also hold him accountable? By D. Watkins / Salon
The parking garage beating lasted 10 seconds. DeAndre Harris still lives with the damage. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
How Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Novel Reckons With the Past. By Eric Herschthal / The New Republic
William F. Buckley Jr. vs. James Baldwin: A racial showdown on the American dream. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Exploring the intersection of sports and criminal justice reform. By Sean Hurd / The Undefeated
Hollow boom: why black Americans feel left out of US’s robust economy. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed income in a Previously Unheard Speech. By Michael Hariot / The…
The Ticking Time Bomb in Biden’s ‘Record Player’ Answer. Jeff Greenfield / Politico
“Racism in America Is Endemic”: Democratic Candidates Vow to Confront White Supremacy & Legacy of Slavery. By Juan Gonzalez / Democracy Now
The Democratic Candidates Did Nothing to Appeal to Hispanic Voters. By Jorge G. Castaneda / NYT
O’Rourke Promises To ‘Take Your AR-15,’ But Americans Are Split On Buybacks. By Brandon Carter / NPR
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump’s “Racially Discriminatory Scheme” to Skew Redistricting. Ari Berman / Mother Jones
How Black Americans Were Robbed of Their Land. Video by The Atlantic
Couples in Virginia will no longer have to disclose race to obtain a marriage license. By Minyvonne Burke / NBC News
Crystal Mason Reacts To Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Prison Sentence. By Sam levine / HuffPost
The Ongoing Struggle of the Black Ivy League. By Alaina Morgan / AAIHS
Lupita Nyong’o Talks Us, Black Panther, Her Oscar and Americana. By Kimberly Drew / Vanity Fair
Restoring Black Cowboys to the Range. By Sarah Maslin Nir / NYT
Country Music Is More Diverse Than You Think. By Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan / NYT
“You’re Gonna See a Lot Of Swag”: James Harden on the New Houston Rockets and His Latest Sneaker/ By Dan Adler / Vanity Fair
Teaching Hard History. Preface by Hasan Kwame Jeffries / Southern Poverty Law Center
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Hollow boom: why black Americans feel left out of US’s robust economy. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back. By Hannah Knowles / Wash Post
Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race. By Corey Robin / The New Yorker
Virginia seminary sets aside $1.7 million to pay reparations to descendants of slaves. By Daniel Burke / CNN
White nationalism: How terrorism has changed since 9/11 — and why America won’t unite. By Mike Kelly / USA Today
