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Why the NAACP said “enough” to school privatization – Rann Miller / Alternet
Ole Miss Edges Out of Its Confederate Shadow, Gingerly – Stephanie Saul / NYT
What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity – Jay Caspian King / NYT
A Judge Is About To Rule Whether Banning Mexican-American Studies Is Constitutional – Roque Planas / HuffPost
Does the nation still need affirmative action? Editorial Board / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (August 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Policies of White Resentment. White resentment put Donald Trump in the White House. And there is every indication that it will keep…
Color of Climate: Is Climate Change Gentrifying Miami’s Black Neighborhoods – Jessica Moulite / The Root
Harry Edwards: Let Kaepernick get back to work – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
The Myth of Reverse Racism – Vann R. Newkirk / The Atlantic
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Detroit – Aisha Harris / Slate
White supremacy week at the White House: Even by Trump standards, the racism was dialed to 11 – Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Asian-Americans Have A Lot To Lose If GOP Legal Immigration Bill Is Passed: Experts – Kimberly Yam
Black people aren’t keeping white Americans out of college. Rich people are – Christine Emba / Wash Post
Whose Streets, Whose Stories : Who gets to make art out of black pain? Two very different new movies show why it matters – Dana Stevens / Slate
Watch Nikole Hannah-Jones on DOJ’s Attack on Affirmative Action & How School Segregation Never Ended / Democracy Now
The Policies of White Resentment – Carol Anderson / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest ( August 4 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – James Baldwin: How to Cool It : Read the landmark 1968 Q&A on race in America. In Esquire’s July 1968 issue, published just…
Why the lack of Indian and African faces in Dunkirk matters – Sunny Singh / The Guardian
Kyrie Irving got tired of being ‘son’ to LeBron – Stephen A. Smith / The Undefeated
The Thorny Relationship Between Asians and Affirmative Action – Alia Wong / The Atlantic
NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri – Nancy Coleman / CNN
Racial Justice Demands Affirmative Action – Sherrilyn A. Ifill / NYT
Department of Justification : Stephen Bannon and Jeff Sessions have a vision to remake American justice – Emily Bazelon / NYT
In Minneapolis, response to police shooting of white woman by Somali officer has been different – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Against all odds, this Little League team reached the divisional championship. The final score doesn’t matter – Rachel Siegel / Wash Post
We don’t need a TV show about the Confederacy winning. In many ways, it did – Bree Newsome / Wash Post
