Author: dientedeleon21

Black reparations and the racial wealth gap
— Read on www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/06/15/black-reparations-and-the-racial-wealth-gap/amp/

Invisible Men. | | Context Media
— Read on contextmediagroup.com/invisible-men/

Elizabeth Alexander on the spectre of anti-black violence, and raising sons.
— Read on www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/the-trayvon-generation

The actual Confederate States of America was a repressive state devoted to white supremacy.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/confederacy-wasnt-what-you-think/613309/

The past several weeks have been tumultuous ones for American race relations. Between a pandemic disproportionately affecting Black people and new incidents of police violence, Juneteenth has taken on increased public prominence. Yamiche Alcindor talks to Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African American Studies at Duke University, about this unique moment — and hope for change.
— Read on www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-pandemic-police-protests-created-an-alignment-for-racial-change

The myriad consequences of institutional racism is a matter of national conversation and reflection. This list is just a starting point.
— Read on www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-to-read-listen-to-and-watch-to-learn-about-institutional-racism

Racism is at the heart of our nation’s inequality.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/19/opinion/politics/opportunity-gaps-race-inequality.html

The Texas Freedom Colonies Project aims to map every Black settlement established by formerly enslaved African Americans throughout the state between 1866 and the 1930s.
— Read on www.planning.org/planning/2020/feb/intersections-engagement/

Nationwide outrage over George Floyd’s brutal killing by police officers resonates with immigrants, and with people around the world.
— Read on www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/is-this-america

So many people taught us to be more than the hatred heaped upon us.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/racism-terrible-blackness-not/613039/