The New York Times
How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments
20+ min · · At a time when democracies and their basic values are increasingly under attack, the iconic American company has sometimes served clients in ways that directly counter American interests. · Shared by 302, including Claudia Sommer, andrew chen, David Nagel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nico Luchsinger, Thomas Pleil, Bjorn Larsen, zeldman, Christian P. Stobbe, cecile noemie, Charles Baldwin, Ste Davies, Jochen Burkhard, Boas Ruh, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Vincenzo Tremonte, Liv 😷, Clemens M. Schuster
Vox
National Geographic faced up to its racist past. Did it actually get better?
20+ min · · Inside the reckoning at an American media institution. · Shared by 73, including Bethany Brookshire, Philanthropy News Digest, Deborah Blum, Mathew Ingram, Kainaz Amaria
The New York Times
Opinion | How the N-Word Became Unsayable
10 min · · The evolution of the slur's use — and the taboo around it — tells a story about what our culture values. · Shared by 82, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Rick Powell, Glenn Greenwald, Michael Shermer, cecile noemie, Steven Pinker, Mathew Ingram
MIT Technology Review
How our data encodes systematic racism
7 min · · I’ve often been told, “The data does not lie.” However, that has never been my experience. For me, the data nearly always lies. Google Image search results for “healthy skin” show only light-skinned… · Shared by 218, including Carla Gentry 🎶, luis antónio santos, MichelleRobbins, Yves Mulkers, Rachel Thomas, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Memen Isimo, cecile noemie, Nicolas Babin, @emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Philanthropy News Digest, Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Faik Ersoy, Nige Roberts-Willson, Anita Hill
tolerance.org
What Is White Privilege, Really?
12+ min · · Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself. · Shared by 15, including Tara Blair Ball, Jenny Halasz, Fern, cecile noemie
The Atlantic
Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
9 min · · How right-wing politicians and pundits became fixated on what has long been an academic theory · Shared by 45, including Jamil Smith جميل كريم, Lydia Polgreen, cecile noemie, Clint Smith, Carrie Brown, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Mathew Ingram, Millie Tran
beltmag.com
Following the Yellowlined Road
19+ min · · By Dave Reidy In December 1939, yellow ink flooded Chicago’s Southwest Side. Frank Reidy, my paternal grandfather, and his neighbors never saw it coming. At the time, the twenty-four-year-old man was… · Shared by 5, including cecile noemie
The Dispatch
On the Use and Abuse of Critical Race Theory in American Christianity
9 min · · It can help identify the reality and effects of oppression but it can veer into a version of religious fundamentalism. · Shared by 12, including cecile noemie
The New York Times
Who Is Making Sure the A.I. Machines Aren’t Racist?
11+ min · · When Google forced out two well-known artificial intelligence experts, a long-simmering research controversy burst into the open. · Shared by 205, including Ian M Calvert, Carrie Brown, Andreas Staub, Lousewies vd Laan, Iain Brown, PhD, Carla Gentry 🎶, Bob E. Hayes, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Cade Metz, @timnitGebru@dair-community.social on Mastodon, cecile noemie, Brian Ahier, Antonio Vieira Santos, Harold Sinnott, Akilah Hughes, Stephan Woodtli, davidabrock, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Alex Hanna (back at alex@dair-community.social), 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
The Atlantic
The Stories I Didn’t Learn in School
20+ min · · The accounts of ordinary people who survived slavery provide an all-too-rare link to our past. · Shared by 124, including Larry Ferlazzo, Patricia Smith, Mathew Ingram, cecile noemie, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Carolina A. Miranda, Clint Smith
britannica.com
Race - Building the myth of Black inferiority
· Race - Race - Building the myth of Black inferiority: A number of 18th-century political and intellectual leaders began publicly to assert that Africans were naturally inferior and that they were indeed best suited for slavery. A few intellectuals revived an older image of all living things, the scala naturae (Latin: “scale of nature”), or Great Chain of Being, to demonstrate that nature or God had made men unequal. This ancient hierarchical paradigm—encompassing all living creatures, starting with the simplest organisms and reaching to humans, angels, and ultimately to God—became for the advocates of slavery a perfect reflection of the realities of inequality that they had created. The physical differences · Shared by 4, including cecile noemie
NPR
Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership
20+ min · · Owning a home is a part of the American dream. It's also the key to building intergenerational wealth. But Black Americans continue to face discrimination in housing, including through higher costs. · Shared by 27, including Alexandra Lange, Pixel, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, cecile noemie