Writer Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has announced that she will no longer be writing for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s online feminist weekly newsletter Lenny Letter because, she says, of Dunham and her friends’ racism which was “well-known” prior to their fame. “She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us,” she writes.
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I was devastated about Las Vegas — but quietly relieved that the shooter was white | The Washington Post
Minorities in America know that there will be fallout if a killer is black, Hispanic or Muslim.
View MoreAngela Davis on Black Lives Matter, Palestine, and the Future of Radicalism | Literary Hub
“Theories of Freedom Are Always Tentative” – Angela Davis
View MoreRosebud Restaurants to Shell Out $1.9M to Settle Racial Discrimination Lawsuit – Atlanta Black Star
After a five-year battle, Rosebud Restaurants, Inc. is set to pay $1.9 million to settle a racial discrimination suit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday, May 30.
View MoreThe Year in Race, Identity, and Criminal Justice – The Atlantic
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when longstanding tensions over race and identity erupted into conflict.
View MoreThis Is All Your Fault: To Defeat Donald Trump We Need Shared Goals
I’ve been sitting in “safe spaces” lately listening to others absorb the collective trauma from a Donald Trump victory.
View MoreRace: Generation Change [Video]
How did Barack Obama symbolise a change for the African-American communities of Washington DC?
View MoreWhite Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race
[three_fourth padding=”0 0px 0 0px”]White Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race 0 5 | A U G U S T | 2 0 1 6 Polling suggests the problem isn’t that we’re not talking about race; it’s that the majority of white Americans aren’t listening. BY Donovan X. Ramsey | PUBLICATION The Nation [dropcap]A[/dropcap] full […]
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