Trump isn’t the first president to show such overt interest in sports, but he’s the only president in recent memory to attack athletes for their politics.
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Black student leader sued her racist online harassers and wins groundbreaking settlement | TheGrio
Taylor Dumpson hopes the victory will send the message to white supremacist trolls that they will be held accountable.
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Latent Prejudice Stirs When a Black Man Tries to Join a Charleston Club | The New York Times
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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Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism | The New York Times
African-American workers have reported threats, humiliation and barriers to promotion at the plant. The automaker says there is no pattern of bias.
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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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What led Chicago to shutter dozens of majority-black schools? Racism | The Guardian
After Rahm Emanuel announced a wave of school closures in 2013, Chicagoans took to the streets in protest. But before we can understand whether the closings are racist, we must understand what racism is.
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When The ‘White Tears’ Just Keep Coming | NPR
Leah Donnella , NPR [dropcap]Talking[/dropcap] about race is hard. It often involves hurt feelings and misunderstandings. And the words and phrases we use can either push those conversations forward or bring them to a standstill. One such term: white tears. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The phrase has been used to gently tease white people who get upset […]
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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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