News
The GOP is now the party of neo-Confederates – Max Boot / Wash Post
Mississippi’s first black senator was greeted with applause. But it wouldn’t last – Steve Hendrix / Wash Post
Stacey Abrams’ New Lawsuit Against Georgia’s Broken Voting System Is Incredibly Smart -Richard L. Hasen / Slate
Booker’s ambitious proposal to close the racial wealth gap – Sam Fulwood III / Thinkprogress
How Creed Forever Changed the Rocky Series – Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
The ‘Good Guy With the Gun’ Is Never Black – Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
A Baptist Preacher’s Buddhist Teacher: How My Journey with Daisaku Ikeda made Me a Better Christian by Lawrence E. Carter
‘White supremacy’ is really about white degeneracy – Keith Kahn-Harris
Race Inquiry Digest (December 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush? The 41st president put self-interest over principle time and time again.
Race Inquiry Digest (November 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – ‘White supremacy’ is really about white degeneracy. Today’s far-right populists relish the idea that they can be morally contemptible, yet still prevail.
Sigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t – Ruth Padawer / NYT
In every tally of hate crimes, blacks are the most frequent victims – Jenell Ross / NBC News
The Injustice of Siwatu Ra’s Imprisonment and the Relentless Logic of Mass Incarceration – Masha Gessen / The New Yorker
Letter from a Region in My Mind by James Baldwin / The New Yorker
Theaters are filled with films telling black stories. It’s about time – Ann Hornaday / Wash Post
The Asian-American case against Harvard: What to watch for – Joan Biskupic / CNN
Trump’s Racism Doesn’t Have To Be A Political Strategy. Sometimes It’s Just Racism – Ja’han Jones / Salon
Across South, Democrats Who Speak Boldly Risk Alienating Rural White Voters – Jonathan Martin / NYT
Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 103 -DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous – Sabrina Tavrnise / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (November 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous.
Latinos help turn Southwest, West a deeper purple and blue – Stephen A. Nuno / NBC News
Former President Barack Obama says “racism” and “mommy issues” stunt progress in the US. – Rachel Leah / Salon
Why bigotry is a public health problem – Ronald W. Pies / The Conversation
2020 Democrats are dramatically changing the way they talk about race – Alex Thompson / Politico
Can a Republican Lose in Mississippi? Alex Shephard / The New Republic
