Steven J. Zipperstein, Anatomy of a [1903] Pogrom, an Excerpt from Steven J. Zipperstein’s New History read
Video of the Week: African American Women and the Struggle for Equality watch
David Reich, How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’ “…we are learning that while race may be a social construct, differences in genetic ancestry that happen to correlate to many of today’s racial constructs are real…..Nicholas Wade, a longtime science journalist for The New York Times, rightly notes in his 2014 book, “A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History,” that modern research is challenging our thinking about the nature of human population differences. But he goes on to make the unfounded and irresponsible claim that this research is suggesting that genetic factors explain traditional stereotypes. It is important to face whatever science will reveal without prejudging the outcome and with the confidence that we can be mature enough to handle any findings. Arguing that no substantial differences among human populations are possible will only invite the racist misuse of genetics that we wish to avoid.” read
Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller, Adam Pearce, Kevin Quealy, Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys read
National; Graphic, Elizabeth Kolbert, There’s No Scientific Basis for Race—It’s a Made-Up Label “To an uncomfortable degree we still live with Morton’s legacy: Racial distinctions continue to shape our politics, our neighborhoods, and our sense of self. ….Of course, just because race is “made up” doesn’t make it any less powerful. To a disturbing extent, race still determines people’s perceptions, their opportunities, and their experiences…..To the victims of racism, it’s small consolation to say that the category has no scientific basis. read
John W. Whitehead, America Hasn’t Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme read
Jesse Jackson on Race Relations, Trump and the Right to Vote read
Barack Obama supporters outraged by Bernie Sanders’ ‘deplorable’ attack on Democratic Party on anniversary of Martin Luther King assassination read
Jesse Hagopian, “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable”: Michael Bennett’s Essential New Book read
Nicholas Powers, From Stephon Clark to Voter Suppression, the Attack on Black America Intensifies read
Campbell Robertson,A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It read
Vanessa Gregory, A Lynching’s Long Shadow read
Dwyer Gunn,, Meet the Researcher Dispelling Old Myths About the Racial Wealth Gap read
Ashley Hackett, A Report to the U.N. Reveals Deep Racial Disparities in America’s Criminal Justice System