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‘Sorry to Bother You’ Review: Welcome to the WTF Satire of the Summer – Peter Travers / Rolling Stone
Study: Asians displace blacks as most economically divided group – USA Today / David Carrig
Would anyone really want to be LeBron’s newest teammate? Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
The Quiet Death of Racial Progress – David Brooks / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (July 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Quiet Death of Racial Progress. Unfortunately, this is not a comforting column. The deeper I dug into the evidence, the more I came…
Considering race in college admissions – 3 questions answered – Stella M. Flores / The Conversation
Going Native: The Trouble with Treaties, Past and Present – Mark Anthony Rolo / The Progressive
The Plot to Destroy Democracy by Malcolm Nance – We’re “on the cusp” of “losing the American constitutional republic forever.”
White Fight – Donald Trump is leading the Republican charge to preserve a shrinking white majority – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
The racist origins of ‘pro-life’ abortion movement they never talk about – Wagatwe Wanjuki / Daily Kos
Larry Doby: Congress finally agrees on race and equality — when it comes to a baseball legend – Kyle Swenson / Wash Post
‘We haven’t made any progress’: Black homeownership is stuck near 30 years – Jonelle Marte / Wash Post
Donald Trump’s startling global agenda: Taking white supremacy worldwide – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Making of a Moral Hero: ‘The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela’ – Charlayne Hunter-Gault / NYT
Segregation In America – Equal Justice Initiative Releases New Report on Massive Opposition to Civil Rights in America
Race Inquiry Digest (July 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Today, Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) released Segregation in America, a new report and companion website that documents how millions of white Americans joined…
Here’s What’s Going On With Affirmative Action And School Admissions – Anya Kamenetz / NPR
“Whitney” director on Houston’s untold story: “Whitney had been abused, and it took a huge toll” – Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon
White Extinction Anxiety: Lessons for America in the age of Donald Trump – Kelly Macias / Daily Kos
Jay-Z Would Like You to Watch the Trailer for Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story – Carmen Russo / Slate
LeBron James and the NBA teach us a lot about labor in America – Dylan Scott / Vox
The disappearing story of the black homesteaders who pioneered the West – Richard Edwards / Wash Post
Documentary “The King”: “The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked” – D. Watkins / Salon
How do Americans really feel about interracial couples? Allison Skinner / The Conversation
Reggae’s sacred roots and call to protest injustice – David W. Stowe / The Conversation
These young black women made desegregation possible. We need to learn from their example – Rachel Devlin / LA Times
Race Inquiry Digest (July 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – These young black women made desegregation possible. We need to learn from their example. Black students are provided with a military escort at…