Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html
The Most Important Black Radical You’ve Never Heard Of
The Most Important Black Radical You’ve Never Heard Of
— Read on www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/black-radicalism-hubert-harrison-web-dubois-malcolm-x
American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation. – The New York Times
Slavery helped turn America into a financial colossus. And our economy is still shaped by management practices invented by enslavers and overseers.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/slavery-capitalism.html
The 1619 Project – The New York Times
American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
https://www.playboy.com/read/the-book-of-sessions-america-blearily-awakens-to-a-new-theocracy
A New Literary Timeline of African-American History – The New York Times
We asked black writers to bring overlooked moments of history to life — in poetry and prose. With contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Barry Jenkins, Rita Dove and more.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/african-american-poets.html
Getting shot by police is a leading cause of death for U.S. black men – Los Angeles Times
About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police. That risk is 2.5 times higher than for white men, new research shows.
— Read on www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-08-15/police-shootings-are-a-leading-cause-of-death-for-black-men
How slavery became the building block of the American economy – Vox
How slavery became the building block of the American economy – Vox
— Read on www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2019/8/16/20806069/slavery-economy-capitalism-violence-cotton-edward-baptist
How False Beliefs in Physical Racial Difference Still Live in Medicine Today – The New York Times
Biological fallacies were used to justify slavery. Why can’t doctors let them go?
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/racial-differences-doctors.html
The Fight to Redefine Racism | The New Yorker
Kelefa Sanneh on “How to Be an Antiracist,” in which Ibram X. Kendi argues that we should think of “racist” not as a pejorative but as a simple, widely encompassing term of description.
— Read on www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/19/the-fight-to-redefine-racism
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