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United states of prejudice: Claudia Rankine’s powerful interrogations of racism

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Bernardine Evaristo | 3 March 2017 | The New Statesman Citizen and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely invite us to reframe, reconstitute and rephrase the experience of being a black person in a white-majority country.​ Citizen is an excoriating collection of verse about modern racism. It was a New York Times bestseller and carted off a trunkful of prestigious honours, … [Read more...] about United states of prejudice: Claudia Rankine’s powerful interrogations of racism

John Edgar Wideman Against the World

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THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS | JAN. 26, 2017 | The New York Times Late in a career marked by both triumph and tragedy, the fiercely independent author has written a new book exploring the unsettling case of Emmett Till’s father — and the isolation of black men in America. John Edgar Wideman likes to be in places where people don’t know who he is or what he does for a living. … [Read more...] about John Edgar Wideman Against the World

What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism?

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ROBIN D. G. KELLEY | January 12, 2017 | BOSTON REVIEW This essay is the introduction to Boston Review's new print issue, Forum I, titled Race Capitalism Justice. Inspired by Cedric Robinson's work on racial capitalism, this themed issue is a critical handbook for racial justice in the age of Trump. Order your copy today. Cedric J. Robinson’s passing this summer at the … [Read more...] about What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism?

Racial Violence in Black and White

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Benjamin Balthaser | July 13, 2016 | Boston Review Once again cellphone videos showing white police officers shooting and killing African Americans are at the center of public scrutiny, reigniting debate about the accumulation of images of black death in contemporary American culture. Even among activists there have been calls both to share and to bury the videos. “Why … [Read more...] about Racial Violence in Black and White

I Was in the Motorcade That Struck and Killed 6-Year-Old Toussaint Birwe

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HELENE COOPER | JAN. 5, 2017 | The New York Times Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. In this piece, Helene Cooper, The Times’s Pentagon correspondent, explains why she went back to Cameroon months later to write a second article about “The Boy, the Ambassador and the Deadly Encounter on … [Read more...] about I Was in the Motorcade That Struck and Killed 6-Year-Old Toussaint Birwe

Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | December 2, 2016 | The New Yorker America has always been aspirational to me. Even when I chafed at its hypocrisies, it somehow always seemed sure, a nation that knew what it was doing, refreshingly free of that anything-can-happen existential uncertainty so familiar to developing nations. But no longer. The election of Donald Trump has … [Read more...] about Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About

Autistic black teen got lost running a 5K – and was assaulted by a man who feared getting mugged

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Amy B. Wang | 01 November 2016  The Independent Chase Coleman's mother was waiting for him near a reservoir she knew the runners would pass - but he never appeared For more than two years, Clarise Coleman faithfully attended every track practice and every cross-country meet for her son, Chase. Part of it was being a supportive parent, proud that Chase had finally … [Read more...] about Autistic black teen got lost running a 5K – and was assaulted by a man who feared getting mugged

Looking Down on Black America

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RON CHRISTIE | SEPT. 5, 2016 | The New York Times Donald J. Trump officially lost me early on the morning of Aug. 25. I was already irked by my party’s presidential nominee. A week before he had asked African-American voters to consider his candidacy by saying, “What the hell do you have to lose?” But the tweet he sent on the 25th put me over the line. Mr. Trump … [Read more...] about Looking Down on Black America

The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

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 Alana Semuels | Jul 22, 2016 | The Atlantic  It’s known as a modern-day hub of progressivism, but its past is one of exclusion. PORTLAND, Ore.— Victor Pierce has worked on the assembly line of a Daimler Trucks North America plant here since 1994. But he says that in recent years he’s experienced things that seem straight out of another time. White co-workers have … [Read more...] about The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

Racial Violence in Black and White

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Benjamin Balthaser | July 13, 2016 | Boston Review Once again cellphone videos showing white police officers shooting and killing African Americans are at the center of public scrutiny, reigniting debate about the accumulation of images of black death in contemporary American culture. Even among activists there have been calls both to share and to bury the videos. “Why … [Read more...] about Racial Violence in Black and White