Richard Fausset , The New York Times Dr. W. Melvin Brown III at his home in Charleston, S.C. At the encouragement of white friends in the Charleston Rifle Club, he applied for membership, but was rejected.CreditCreditHunter McRae for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]CHARLESTON[/dropcap], S.C. — Though the Charleston Rifle Club was founded in […]
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Deconstructing Race in Western Painting | Hyperallergic
The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.
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Revealed: the stark evidence of everyday racial bias in Britain | The Guardian
Poll commissioned to launch series on unconscious bias shows gulf in negative experiences by ethnicity
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Senator Tim Scott Sinks Thomas Farr’s Judicial Nomination Amid Racial Controversy | The New York Times
The Republican Party, Mr. Scott told reporters, is “not doing a very good job of avoiding the obvious potholes on race in America.”
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The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism | The Atlantic
If my black child has to learn that society will hate him, he should hear about it from someone who unconditionally loves him.
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Man who challenged Kroger shooting suspect says ‘I cherish every day’ | Courier Journal
“Nowhere is safe, so that now just leaves me with always keeping my head on a swivel,”
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Remembering Birmingham’s ‘Dynamite Hill’ Neighborhood | NPR
Long before the Civil Rights marches of 1963 thrust Birmingham, Ala. into the national spotlight, black families along one residential street were steadily chipping away at Jim Crow segregation laws — and paying a price for it.
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The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult | The New York Times
A wounded and swaggering identity geopolitics puts the world in grave danger.
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A black fire chief faces hatred online before his first day on the job | The Washington Post
The enemy is hiding in plain sight, and digital pseudonyms are their new hoods.
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He Was ‘Socializing’ With a White Woman—Then Ended Up Dead | Daily Beast
In 1983, Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured after being dragged behind a truck and fatally stabbed more than 30 times. One of his accused killers was convicted Tuesday.
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