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The Senate’s Only Black Republican Opens Up About Being Mistreated by Cops

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 Conor Friedersdorf | Jul 15, 2016 | The Atlantic Citing recent killings by police, Tim Scott of South Carolina asked his colleagues to stop ignoring the struggles of those who face racial prejudice. Tim Scott of South Carolina is the only black Republican in the United States Senate. This week, moved by police killings of Eric Garner, Walter Scott, and Philando Castile, he … [Read more...] about The Senate’s Only Black Republican Opens Up About Being Mistreated by Cops

What White America Fails to See

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Michael Eric Dyson | JULY 7, 2016 | THE NEW YORK TIMES IT is clear that you, white America, will never understand us. We are a nation of nearly 40 million black souls inside a nation of more than 320 million people. We don’t all think the same, feel the same, love, learn, live or even die the same. But there’s one thing most of us agree on: We don’t want the cops to kill us … [Read more...] about What White America Fails to See

On Parliament-Funkadelic And A Less ‘Squeaky-Clean Picture’ Of Blackness

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Walter Ray Watson | June 24, 2016 | NPR I want to take a moment to remember and appreciate Bernie Worrell, the former keyboard star of Parliament-Funkadelic who is dying from cancer as I write this. George Clinton is the front-man and mastermind recognized for building the sprawling musical ensembles of 10-15 musicians at a time known as Parliament-Funkadelic. But … [Read more...] about On Parliament-Funkadelic And A Less ‘Squeaky-Clean Picture’ Of Blackness

When Black and White Children Grow Apart

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 Melinda D. Anderson | Jun 14, 2016 | The Atlantic  Research shows that interracial friendships decline as kids enter adolescence—and that teachers may play a role. The image of black and white children hand-in-hand is possibly the most well-known and most often quoted line from Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech. Over the years, black and white youngsters … [Read more...] about When Black and White Children Grow Apart

American Hunger

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David Remnick | October 12, 1998 Issue | The New Yorker As an ambitious, searching young man, Cassius Clay invented himself, and became 
the most original and magnetic athlete of the century—Muhammad Ali.  On the night of February 25, 1964, Cassius Clay entered the ring in Miami Beach wearing a short white robe, “The Lip” stitched on the back. He was fast, sleek, and … [Read more...] about American Hunger

‘Kill Every Buffalo You Can! Every Buffalo Dead Is an Indian Gone’

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 J. Weston Phippen | May 13, 2016 | The Atlantic The American bison is the new U.S. national mammal, but its slaughter was once seen as a way to starve Native Americans into submission. It was near the end of September, an unusually warm week in 1871, and William “Buffalo Bill” Cody and a group of wealthy New Yorkers stood atop a grassy hill near the Platte River in … [Read more...] about ‘Kill Every Buffalo You Can! Every Buffalo Dead Is an Indian Gone’

White tears: The most valuable currency

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Rebecca Davis | 06 May 2016 | Mail & Guardian Rebecca Davis finds it hard to laugh about the obscenity of the R140k raised by indignant sentinels of whiteness for a bullied waitress. I was a waitress for 10 years. As a student, I waitressed on and off to pay expenses and, as an adult, I waitressed full-time in the United Kingdom for a while to live. I wasn’t a … [Read more...] about White tears: The most valuable currency

White Teachers Expect Less Than Black Teachers From Black Students

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Emily DeRuy | Apr 1, 2016 | The Atlantic A new study suggests that low expectations from some teachers might engender low performance from students. In yet another sign that the lack of teacher diversity is a pressing issue, a new study suggests that white teachers expect less academic success from black students than black teachers do from the same students. The study, … [Read more...] about White Teachers Expect Less Than Black Teachers From Black Students