filmsforaction.org
The White Man in That Photo
· Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics... · Shared by 88, including Kate Nasser, Noely ⚡️🏐, Jennifer Ouellette, Felix M, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, Caroline Jarrett, Rick Powell, Mark Suster
FiveThirtyEight
Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History
4 min · · In total, at least 830 Confederate monuments have been constructed across the U.S. Most were not built immediately after the Civil War. They were installed decades later, mostly in Southern states,… · Shared by 87, including Mike Tamir, PhD, Sarah E. Frostenson, Rick Powell, Julia Wolfe, Kevin M. Kruse
The New Yorker
The Unknown History of Black Uprisings
7 min · · In a new book, the historian Elizabeth Hinton reveals that, in the late sixties and early seventies, there were hundreds of local rebellions against white violence and racial inequality. · Shared by 86, including Anita Hill, Rick Powell, Jason Stanley, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Yale University, Felix M
The Atlantic
The Great Land Robbery
20+ min · · The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms · Shared by 86, including Berrak Sarikaya, Rick Powell, Nadja Popovich, Mark Kaigwa, Jeff Raikes, Antonio Vieira Santos, Tiffani Ashley Bell, Michael Harriot, Ibram X. Kendi, Mathew Ingram, Philanthropy News Digest, Thomas Power, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
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
Electric Literature
Black Authors Discuss Being Black in America
4 min · · Some of our favorite interviews about inequality, white supremacy, and celebrating Blackness · Shared by 81, including Rick Powell, Faik Ersoy
ProPublica
Yes, Black America Fears the Police. Here’s Why.
13+ min · · Shots were fired in Long Island, but there was no rush to call 911. It made perfect sense to ProPublica’s Nikole Hannah-Jones. · Shared by 77, including Rick Powell, Ryan Boren
Los Angeles Times
L.A.’s freeways might be the most racist monuments in California
4 min · · Spewing carbon monoxide across L.A. on the freeway system feeds into a pot of racism and segregation that’s been stewing for nearly a century. · Shared by 70, including Duncan Geere has left 🔰, James Fallows, William Gibson, Rick Powell, Brent Toderian
Boston Review
The War on Critical Race Theory
12+ min · · Turning a blind eye to the realities of racial injustice, the highly orchestrated right-wing attacks cast a body of scholarship about race in the law as a great threat to American society. · Shared by 69, including Rick Powell, Steve Silberman, Jason Stanley, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Philanthropy News Digest, Carly
The Atlantic
Historians Clash With the 1619 Project
14+ min · · A dispute between a small group of scholars and the authors of the The New York Times Magazine’s issue on slavery represents a fundamental disagreement over the trajectory of American society. · Shared by 68, including Matt Brennan, Antonio Vieira Santos, Jamil Smith جميل كريم, Rick Powell, Bjorn Larsen, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Jason Stanley, Mathew Ingram, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Alice Wong 王美華, Jane
New York Magazine
Is There Still Room for Debate?
11+ min · · America is in a revolutionary moment. Being able to question ideology is more important than ever. · Shared by 66, including Niall Ferguson, Rick Powell, Matt Goodwin, Paul Graham, Follow me on Bluesky or Mastodon (see below), Scott Galloway, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Haidt, luqven, Richard Dawkins, Christina Hoff Sommers, ⒿⒹⒽ
CBS News
Greenwood, 1921: One of the worst race massacres in American history
7 min · · In 1921, a thriving black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, burned, leaving hundreds dead. · Shared by 64, including Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Mkay, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick Powell, LoriBeth, Michael Hyatt
The New Yorker
The Fight to Redefine Racism
16+ min · · In “How to Be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi argues that we should think of “racist” not as a pejorative but as a simple, widely encompassing term of description. · Shared by 60, including Jane, danabramov.bsky.social, Felix M, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Samira El Ouassil, Oliver Traldi, Jochen Burkhard, Rick Powell
The New York Times
A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury.
7 min · · The cancellation of a speech reflects an intense debate on the left: Is racism the primary problem in America today, or the outgrowth of a system that oppresses all poor people? · Shared by 59, including Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Christina Hoff Sommers, Jeffrey Flier, Liam Bright, Paul Graham, Matt Goodwin, Rick Powell, Niall Ferguson
The New York Times
This Is What Racism Sounds Like in the Banking Industry
8 min · · A JPMorgan employee and a customer secretly recorded their conversations with bank employees. · Shared by 57, including Faik Ersoy, Kathryn Minshew, Forbes India, Jeff Raikes, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Chris Gledhill, Rick Powell, Elizabeth Picciuto, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Melissa Fach 🇺🇦
The New York Times
Black Culture Is Flourishing. How Can It Be Preserved?
6 min · · Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew share a portfolio of favorite works — and discuss curating Black art when so much creativity is online and ephemeral. · Shared by 52, including Alexis C. Madrigal, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Mark Kaigwa, Rick Powell