Racism AND America
A collection of articles pertaining to all issues that reflect the problems of race relations in the United States. to promote a better understanding.
Collection by LoriBeth
The New Yorker
To the World, We’re Now America the Racist and Pitiful
5 min · · The United States was once able to reinvent itself. But political, economic, and legal inequality may now be too deeply entrenched. · Shared by 56, including Ethan Zeigler, William Gibson, Christian Surchi, Felix M, Christopher Lauer™
The New Republic
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism
19+ min · · The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They’re the illiberal ones. · Shared by 100, including Bjorn Larsen, Matt Zoller Seitz, erik spiekermann, Kate Manne, Kara Swisher, David Wallace-Wells, Justin Tiehen, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, LoriBeth, Jason Stanley, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Mathew Ingram
refind.com
Button – Refind
1 min · · Save links from around the web. · Shared by 1048, including Stefano Proietti, Thomas Euler, Patric Fornasier, Lukas Stickelberger, yawniek 📯, Neil Lee, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, LoriBeth, 6clicks | John Robert-Nicoud, Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), Mo Schuster, Ziad Shihab, rogerverhoeven, StanChan, Arne Keuning, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Vincenzo Tremonte, Brad Brooks, Waqas Ahmed, Nicolas Berg
The Nation
The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership
7 min · · The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like. · Shared by 18, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, LoriBeth, Jason Stanley, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️
The Atlantic
The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility
7 min · · The popular book aims to combat racism but talks down to Black people. · Shared by 160, including Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Michael Shermer, LoriBeth, Richard Dawkins, Denny Burk, Christina Hoff Sommers, Rick Powell, Olivia Kühni
BBC News (World)
'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves'
7 min · · Colonial slave-traders are seeing their legacies reassessed, but what about the Africans who profited? · Shared by 24, including LoriBeth, Christina Hoff Sommers, Gerudo Feminist
Slate
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
7 min · · Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Brian Kemp are the reason the civil rights icon had to keep fighting until his dying breath. · Shared by 50, including Larry Ferlazzo, Richard Deitsch, Joshua Benton, LoriBeth, anildash.com
edutopia
How White Teachers Can Support BIPOC Colleagues
4 min · · A few ways to deepen relationships with peers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. · Shared by 20, including RACHELLE DENÉ POTH |ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI #AIinEDU, Monica Burns #EdTech #Education, LoriBeth
The New Yorker
How to Confront a Racist National History
5 min · · Susan Neiman, a philosopher who studies Germany’s confrontation with its Nazi past, examines how the United States can remember slavery and segregation. · Shared by 218, including Christian Surchi, LoriBeth, Jochen Burkhard, Felix M
CNN
Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations
7 min · · Problematic words and phrases like "master" and "blacklist" are everywhere: in real estate, in computing, in law and in everyday conversation. · Shared by 83, including Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), @dialect@mastodon.scot, Tom D'Amico, LoriBeth, Kate Nasser, Larry Ferlazzo, S. Mitra Kalita
The Guardian
The US suffragette movement tried to leave out Black women. They showed up anyway
3 min · · Racism and sexism were bound together in the fight to vote – and Black women made it clear they would never cede the question of their voting rights to others · Shared by 60, including Ida Bae Wells, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Matthias Lampe, LoriBeth
The Guardian
‘Reject the lies of history’: Washington reckons with tributes to racist past
6 min · · The US capital is adorned with monuments to American history, but as schools change names and statues are toppled, legacies are under scrutiny · Shared by 43, including LoriBeth
The Guardian
For a few weeks, black lives mattered. Now what?
5 min · · The global revolt is in danger of being reduced to a cultural debate, says the Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik · Shared by 139, including Elizabeth Day, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Neil Hart 💙, LoriBeth, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mike Butcher
The New York Times
Facebook Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds
4 min · · An independent audit faulted the social network for “vexing and heartbreaking decisions” that affect its users — and potentially the November elections. · Shared by 36, including LoriBeth, Eli Pariser | @elipariser@mastodon.social, Mike Allton, Kara Swisher, Brian Solis
The New York Times
Soledad O’Brien: A MeToo Moment for Journalists of Color
6 min · · We’re finally feeling empowered to speak openly about racism in the newsroom. · Shared by 77, including Sally Kohn, Eghosa Omoigui, LoriBeth, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, 💥 Katie Martell, Marc Abrahams, Mathew Ingram, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Tara Parker-Pope, Jamil Smith جميل كريم, zeldman, Gloria Feldt, William Gibson, Jay Rosen
The Atlantic
What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently
5 min · · They view the success of black students as central to the success of their own teaching. · Shared by 54, including Ayala Sherbow, Larry Ferlazzo, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Mark Kaigwa, Dr. Laura Markham, LoriBeth