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In small towns and cities across Washington state, people are being taught how to talk about race.
— Read on www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-24/opinion-end-racism-talk

A Q&A with Daina Ramey Berry: Since the early twentieth century, when trained historians and economists wrote about the institution of slavery, many included the monetary values of “prime male field hands” in their work. They argued that these individuals were the most valued and quantifiable members of the plantation community, and that by tracking their prices one could analyze the profitability of the institution. I was always struck that few scholars provided historical context for these prices and that women, children, and the elderly were rarely included. I also knew that enslaved people had very different conceptions of their value.
— Read on www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2017/01/black-bodies-matter-how-the-enslaved-were-valued-and-devalued-in-history.html

My Indigenous Culture Is an Act of Resistance – Yes! Magazine
— Read on www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2019/09/27/canada-native-indigenous-culture-resistance/

Ignoring the racial hierarchy that was born of the Enlightenment underestimates its influence.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/taking-the-enlightenment-seriously-requires-talking-about-race.html

While evidence for neighborhood effects on adverse birth outcomes is growing, no studies have examined whether living in a neighborhood impacted by mass in
— Read on link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11524-020-00426-w

The Racism of Neoliberalism – Evonomics
— Read on evonomics.com/racism-neoliberalism-darrick-hamilton/

Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/opinion/sunday/hiram-revels-reconstruction-150.html

Find out the long history of racism in health care from this look back at the past, and how it impacts the present.
— Read on www.teenvogue.com/story/the-roots-of-racism-in-healthcare/amp

In 1808, America banned the import of slaves from Africa and the West Indies. The impact on actual slavery in America was almost non-existent. There was still some limited smuggling of slaves but…
— Read on medium.com/the-aambc-journal/americas-breeding-farms-what-history-books-never-told-you-6704e8b152a4

When he wasn’t helping some 600 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, David Ruggles was running a bookstore. In 1828, Ruggles opened a grocery store in New York City and later, as he became involved in the burgeoning abolitionist movement,…
— Read on www.mic.com/p/the-political-resilience-of-the-black-owned-bookstore-21738486