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‘The Accident Of Color’ Looks At The Failure Of Reconstruction. By Kamil Ahsan / NPR
The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings. By Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
Robots and Racism: New Study Suggests That Humans Apply Racial Biases, Stereotypes to Black and White Robots. By Tanasia Kenney / AtlBlackStar
‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Examines What Led To Ferguson And Baltimore Protests. By Nicholas Cannariato / NPR
Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire is having a ??? summer. By Christopher A. Daniel / The Undefeated
Muhammad Ali, like you’ve never seen him before. By Kyle Almond / CNN
Beto O’Rourke links El Paso shooting to Donald Trump’s ‘racist’ rhetoric – video / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (August 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The El Paso shooting isn’t an anomaly. It’s American history repeating itself. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Trump puts minorities in his ‘basket of deplorables.’ By Jonathan Allen / NBC News
Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, and the Definition of a Rodent. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Trump’s Racist Comments Have Spawned Violent Threats Against Lawmakers of Color. By Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones
Kushner properties under renewed scrutiny after Trump calls Baltimore a “rodent infested mess.” By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
Trump’s racism is an impeachable offense. The precedent of Andrew Johnson proves it. By Peter Irons / NBC News
A Racist Stuck in the Past. In Trump’s mind, it’s still 1989. By Paul Krugman / NYT
The Real Problem With Trump’s Rallies. By Kevin M. Kruse / NYT
Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon. By Tim Naftali / The Atlantic
Trump Makes Clear What Black Voters Had to Lose. David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Democrats Can Win by Running Against Trump’s Racism. By Steve Phillips / NYT
Journey to power: The history of black voters, 1976 to 2020. By Steve Kornacki / NBC News
Virginia is proof that reparations for slavery can work. By Ken Woodley / Wash Post
The Poignant But Complicated Friendship of Joe Biden and Barack Obama. By Steven Levingston / Wash Post
AG Barr using unique power to block migrants from U.S., reshape immigration law. By Lisa Riordan Seville and Adiel Kaplan / NBC News
LeBron James again shows us his greatness, this time as a father. By Ken Martin / The Undefeated
National Cathedral On Trump’s Racist Comments: ‘Have We No Decency?’ By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
Race Inquiry Digest (August 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Beto O’Rourke links El Paso shooting to Donald Trump’s ‘racist’ rhetoric – video / The Guardian
White Women Slave Owners, Economics, and the Law. By Terri L. Snyder / AAIHS
