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 York Times
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument
5 min · · The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from. Who dares to tell me to celebrate them? · Shared by 370, including Emily Oster, Kara Swisher, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, William Gibson, Mathew Ingram, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Tara Parker-Pope, Jessica Hische, Ida Bae Wells, Julia Ioffe, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, zeldman, Alison Willmore / alisonwillmore.bsky.social, Mo Ryan, anildash.com, Jason Stanley, Joshua Benton, Caroline Criado Perez, Grace Bonney, Ted Rubin
The Atlantic
The Difference Between First-Degree Racism and Third-Degree Racism
7 min · · Only when people align on what racist behavior looks like will we be able to take practical steps to make those behaviors costly. · Shared by 169, including Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Mo Ryan, LoriBeth, zeynep tufekci, Stephanie A Kowalski, Guy Kawasaki, Jochen Burkhard, Neil Hart 💙, Reid Hoffman
The Guardian
Home Office 'uses racial bias' when detaining immigrants
2 min · · Pressure group claims black people held in disproportionate numbers and for longer periods to ‘reduce black and brown migration to UK’ · Shared by 13, including LoriBeth, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
Scientific American
George Floyd's Autopsy and the Structural Gaslighting of America
7 min · · The weaponization of medical language emboldened white supremacy with the authority of the white coat. How will we stop it from happening again? · Shared by 154, including Eric Bailey, aubrey blanche-sarellano (she/her), James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, zeynep tufekci, LoriBeth, Alice Wong 王美華, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Mara Averick, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, August is National Water Quality Month
Human Rights Watch
US: Provide Reparations for 1921 ‘Tulsa Race Massacre’
4 min · · (Washington, DC) – State and local authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma should provide reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when a white mob killed several hundred black people and destroyed a… · Shared by 18, including Human Rights Watch Film Festival, LoriBeth, John O'Farrell
Foreign Policy
Why Race Matters in International Relations
7 min · · Western dominance and white privilege permeate the field. It’s time to change that. · Shared by 20, including Mark Kaigwa
prettygooddesign.org
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
1 min · · Your kids aren’t too young to talk about race. Here are a few resources to get your started. · Shared by 56, including Massimiliano Aroffo, JWT_Worldwide, Raul Krauthausen, aubrey blanche-sarellano (she/her), 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Dr. Laura Markham, LoriBeth
Teen Vogue
How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct
2 min · · Shared by 90, including Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️, SELF, CyberCodeTwins, Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert, Mark Little, LoriBeth, Mark Kaigwa, Them
LSE
From the vault: The Philosophy of Race
· Kwame Anthony Appiah / Priyamvada Gopal/ Nasar Meer Listen to the podcast here or on YouTube Race continues to shape the political, cultural, and economic character of our societies, … · Shared by 79, including Angie Hobbs, LoriBeth
The Guardian
The American civil war didn't end. And Trump is a Confederate president
11+ min · · But the Confederacy didn’t win in the 1860s and it won’t in the long run, says the Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit · Shared by 37, including Liv 😷, LoriBeth, Jane, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Jochen Burkhard
BBC News (World)
The black British history you may not know about
7 min · · From the black Britons in Roman times, to Henry VIII's trumpeter and our very own bus boycott. · Shared by 55, including Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Christian Surchi, dewang mishra
Women's Health
How To Care For Mental Health While Fighting Racism, Social Injustice
4 min · · Shared by 24, including American Psychological Association, LoriBeth
Smithsonian
National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal
2 min · · The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture today launched Talking About Race, a new online portal designed to empower individuals, families, and communities discuss… · Shared by 33, including 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, luis antónio santos, LoriBeth, Brad Feld, Philanthropy News Digest, Tom D'Amico
jowanza.com
How Racism Shapes My Habits — Jowanza Joseph
5 min · · How racism impacts my habits and routines. · Shared by 86, including Ole Begemann, Massimiliano Aroffo, LoriBeth, Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸, Dayyan Smith, Leo Polovets
The New Yorker
We Are Living in the Age of the Black-Panic Defense
4 min · · The case of Ahmaud Arbery seems to point to racial presumptions implicit in how we interpret the concept of self-defense. · Shared by 13, including Felix M