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When Hit Dogs Holler | Medium

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

Society is noisy right now, which to my ear sounds like the cacophonous wail of hit dogs. How do we deal with folks who don’t want to acknowledge or deal with systemic oppression?

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American Exceptionalism (White Exceptionalism by a nicer name) | Medium

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019

William Spivey, Medium Illustration by Matthieu Bourel, photograph by Edu Bayer for The New York Times, Featured Image American Exceptionalism has been described by historians since the mid-1800s. Definitions fall basically into three camps. 1. Because of its unique origins, born from revolution, America is unique from all other nations. Never having Kings and Queens […]

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How black mothers talk to their daughters about skin tone | The Guardian

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis captures the variety – and pride – in skin tone across all black women, and also between mothers and daughters.

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How Blackface Feeds White Supremacy | The New York Times

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019

A racist caricature from 19th-century minstrel theater still haunts America.

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How a black man says he ‘outsmarted’ a neo-Nazi group and became their new leader | The Washington Post

March 5, 2019March 23, 2019

Katie Mettler, The Washington Post One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the United States appears to have an unlikely new leader: James Stern, a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP), Featured Image Without notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime president of a legacy […]

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If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it | The Undefeated

February 18, 2019March 31, 2019

It was used and still can be used to make us hate ourselves

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Florida Pardons the Groveland Four, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case | The New York Times The Jim Crow-era case attracted widespread attention in 1949. Shortly after the rape was reported, mobs of white residents set fire to homes and property belonging to black families in the Groveland area.

January 15, 2019

The Jim Crow-era case attracted widespread attention in 1949. Shortly after the rape was reported, mobs of white residents set fire to homes and property belonging to black families in the Groveland area.

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The War on Black Athletes | The Atlantic Trump isn’t the first president to show such overt interest in sports, but he’s the only president in recent memory to attack athletes for their politics.

January 14, 2019

Trump isn’t the first president to show such overt interest in sports, but he’s the only president in recent memory to attack athletes for their politics.