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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To Raise, Love, and Lose a Black Child | The Atlantic
Jordan Davis’s mother, Lucia McBath, reflects on the guilty verdict in his murderer’s trial.
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By The Color Of Their Skin | The Sun Magazine
Tim Wise On The Myth Of A Postracial America
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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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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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Akala: ‘As I grew up, I became embarrassed by my mother’s whiteness’ | The Guardian
At five, the hip-hop poet was racially abused at school. Could his mother ever really understand?
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On the cusp of 112, a whirlwind tour for World War II’s oldest veteran | The Washington Post
Richard Overton, the grandson of a slave, worked in a furniture store and as a courier for decades until he finally retired when he was 85. That was more than 25 years ago.
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Read Mary J. Blige’s Heartfelt Nina Simone Rock Hall Induction Speech | Rolling Stone
Blige honors Simone for singing songs “about injustice, struggle, and black life [that] resonate to this day”
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Jackie Robinson’s Battles for Equality On and Off the Baseball Field | History.com
Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues on April 15, 1947, when he took the field in the top of the first inning against the Boston Braves.
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It’s Not About Guilt: The Moral Imperative of Taking Responsibility | Medium
Whatever happened to just grappling with an argument? To actually responding to a position with which you disagree with analysis or facts, or something approximating critical thought?
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