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It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class – Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu / Wash Post
Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white men – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest ( June 5 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Myth of the Kindly General Lee. The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a…
National Urban League State Of Black America Town Hall Recap – Roland Martin / You Tube
The Radical Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, the First Black Author to Win a Pulitzer Prize – Angela Jackson / Beacon Press via Alternet
LeBron’s defaced gate brings racism into focus – J. A. Adande / The Undefeated
The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas – Alex Putterman / The Atlantic
What We Have Unleashed – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Georgia Democrat face of party’s southern hopes – Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today
Google Honors War Hero, Civil Rights Icon Josephine Baker On Her 111th Birthday – Doha Madani / Huff Post
African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why? – Marita Golden / Wash Post
When America Barred Italians – Helene Stapinski / NYT
Portland isn’t Portlandia. It’s a capital of white supremacy – Keegan Stephan / Wash Post
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee – Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest ( June 1 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Will Donald Trump Ever Say the Words ‘White Supremacist Terrorism’? POTUS loved whacking Hillary for not saying ‘Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.’ But how come when…
Tiger Woods says he’s ‘Cablinasian,’ but the police only saw black – Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated
Trump asked what black Americans have to lose by voting for him. His budget gives a clear answer – German Lopez / Vox
Essay – The Work You Do, The Person You Are – Toni Morrison / The New Yorker
The Echoes of America’s “Faithful Slave” Trope in Lola’s Story – Micki Mcelya / The Atlantic
Are Demographics Really Destiny for the GOP? Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic
Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy Is Crumbling – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
The debate over Confederate monuments shows how far the U.S. has to go – Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
A Meaningful Move on Voting Rights in Alabama – Editorial Board / NYT
WWI’s Harlem Hellfighters Who Cut Down Germans and Gave France Jazz – Christopher Dickey / Daily Beast
Will Donald Trump Ever Say the Words ‘White Supremacist Terrorism’? – Dean Obeidallah / Daily Beast
Race Inquiry Digest ( May 29 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Maryland and Manchester: We can’t let heinous attacks overseas obscure our homegrown terrorism problem. Yes, Islamist extremism is a worldwide threat. But we’re…
