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Stone Mountain: The ugly past and fraught future of the biggest Confederate monument – Steve Hendrix / Wash Post
Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom…
The Racial Demagoguery of Trump’s Assaults on Colin Kaepernick and Steph Curry – David Remnick / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (September 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – How America can respond to the ‘whitelash.’ It’s time to reckon with our shared racial history, and plot a path forward. Deeply disturbed…
He allegedly murdered 2 black men. Police found an Adolf Hitler speech in his home – German Lopez / Vox
Here’s Why St. Louis Is Exploding – Jamilah King / Mother Jones
The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee – Eric Foner / NYT
Myanmar Follows Global Pattern in How Ethnic Cleansing Begins – Amanda Taub / The Interpreter
Watch – Undercover With the Alt-Right – Jesse Singal / NYT
The Lingering Damage of Ferguson’s Racism – The Editorial Board / NYT
We still have time to repent for American racism – Danya Ruttenberg / Wash Post
White people are really confident that things are getting better for black people – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
The first white president’ is a ‘bad dude’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
How America can respond to the ‘whitelash’ – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
Race Inquiry Digest (September 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – White House Rejects Supremacist Label: “No One Has Done More Than Trump to Prove White People Are Not Superior.”White House press secretary, Sarah…
Roots of racism: 6 essential reads – The Conversation
The Question of Race in Campus Sexual-Assault Cases – Emily Yoffe / The Atlantic
This Judge’s Excuses for Acquitting Jason Stockley of Murder Are Pathetic – Jeremy Stahl / Slate
How the FBI smashed white supremacist group The Order – Robert Jimison / CNN
Triple Consciousness: To be Black and an Immigrant in America – Atima Omara / Salon
Was Charlottesville the Exception or the Rule – Claudia Rankin / NYT
Erect a Statue of This Civil Rights Hero – Carl Elliott / NYT
Asians Are Still Tokenized Or Just Missing From TV Shows, Report Says – Kimberly Yam – HuffPost
Most Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views : Poll – Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
White House Rejects Supremacist Label: “No One Has Done More Than Trump to Prove White People Are Not Superior” – Andy Borowitz / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (September 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Inequality crisis: Blacks and Latinos on the road to zero wealth. No savings, investments or home equity. This economic dystopia looms for minority…
