Important readings in #BlackLivesMatter | May 15, 2015 | Blog#42
This is a selection of the articles I thought were most important this week on the topic of race and race relations.
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My comment on #Douthat’s #Obama the Theologian
I’m still thinking about the brouhaha that stemmed from our president’s talk at the National Prayer Breakfast, and I appreciated Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ take on this column by Ross Douthat. I thought I’d curate it, along with my comment.
It’s Time for a New Multiracial, Cross-Class Movement | Talk Poverty
African-Americans and white people struggled together during the civil rights era. We need that once again. By Peter Edelman Last week we celebrated the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the greatest and most important advance in civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The week before we marked the horrible murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and … Continue reading It’s Time for a New Multiracial, Cross-Class Movement | Talk Poverty
Lonnie Bunch: America’s Moral Debt to African Americans | Smithsonian
“Though the slavery question is settled, its impact is not. The question will be with us always. It is in our politics, our courts, on our highways, in our manner, and in our thoughts all the day, every day.” – Cornelius Holmes As a historian, I know slavery has left a deep scar on America. … Continue reading Lonnie Bunch: America’s Moral Debt to African Americans | Smithsonian
My Notes on Paul Krugman’s ‘Capitalism, Socialism, and Unfreedom’ | #DemocraticSocialism
My Notes on Paul Krugman’s ‘Capitalism, Socialism, and Unfreedom’ | #DemocraticSocialism
Shunning R. Kelly As Betsy DeVos Legitimizes Rape: Evolving While Society Devolves | Blog#42
Shunning R. Kelly As Betsy DeVos Legitimizes Rape | Blog#42
Bait & Switch Won’t Work For #Dems This Time, Either. It’s Not ‘The Other Guys,’ It’s YOU! | Blog#42
Bait & Switch Won’t Work For #Dems This Time, Either. It’s Not ‘The Other Guys,’ It’s YOU!
#BlackLivesMatter: Keep On Saying It Loud and Proud, Please! | Blog#42
President Obama critiqued Black Lives Matter, not at home,
Would James Baldwin Endorse #BernieSanders? | White Progressive Populism on Blog#42
Would James Baldwin Endorse #BernieSanders?
The goodness of the Black heart | #WhiteSupremacy and #Forgiveness on Blog#42
I’ve been following, with great interest, the debates that followed a grieving woman’s forgiveness