The Weekend Edition of Race Inquiry Digest features the top stories from the two previous Digests published during the week. Click here for earlier Digests.
Editor’s Note: I intended to write this Note about the “South African Refugees.” However, I discovered a recent article by Kali Holloway, “The Real Reason Those White South Africans Are Here,” which made the points I was going to make, and much more. I encourage a close reading. As Holloway points out: “The Trump administration’s embrace of Afrikaners fleeing post-apartheid South Africa isn’t just about undermining Black South Africans’ hard-won progress. It’s also about sending a message to white Americans, paranoid about demographic erasure and slipping down a rung on the rope ladder of racial hierarchy. It’s a promise to those folks that this administration will protect them, and the white system will still serve you.”
Political / Social
The End of Rule of Law. The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants. By J. Michael Luttig / The Atlantic Read more
Pope Leo’s Creole Roots Evoke Sense of Connection From Some Catholics of Color. John Eligon / NYT Read more
Trump’s ‘plan’ for Black Americans was mostly a bait and switch. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post Read more
Education
Trump Is Destroying DEI With the Same Tools That Built It. The Pendulum Has Swung Away From Social Justice. By Noliwe M. Rooks / The Chronicle of Higher Ed. Read more
How cuts to DEI and a soft job market may affect new Black college grads. By / NBC News Read more
Trump’s dismantling of Education Department gives states ‘green light’ to pursue voucher programs. By
World
Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees, but what persecution are they facing? By Gerald Imray / The Hill Read more
Inside the Extraordinary Contradictions in Trump’s Immigration Policies. Hamed Aleaziz and Michael Crowley / NYT Read more
Lessons From World War II to Avoid World War III. Jan Lipavský Margus Tsahkna, Baiba Braže, Kęstutis Budrys, Mihai Popşoi, Radosław Sikorski and
Ethics / Morality / Religion
‘Sinners’ opens a new conversation about Black religion in film. By Christopher S. Gurley Jr. / RNS Read more
Episcopal Church won’t resettle white Afrikaners, ends work with U.S. government. By Jack Jenkins / NPR Read more
Historical / Cultural
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Pardoning the Scottsboro Boys, Eighty Years Too Late. Read more
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History. By Al Letson / Reveal Read more and listen here
Sports
Jim Dent, Long-Driving Golfer on PGA and Senior Tours, Dies at 85. Richard Sandomir / NYT Read more
Why Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury could alter the Celtics’ franchise direction. By Jay King / The Athletic Read more
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