by Solomon Jones When jurors in New York found R. Kelly guilty of federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, the verdict not only laid bare Kelly’s own […]
Tag: racism
It’s easy to see why they consider books dangerous
Here’s what happened when Ruby Bridges went to school in 1960. Four federal marshals escorted her. She walked through a mob of outraged white people. They called […]
Harmful myths that perpetuated slavery
by K. Ward Cummings Much has been written about how hard it was to be enslaved in America, but comparatively little has been said about the demands […]
Tired of marching for what should already be ours
He said many profound things that day. He said America had given African Americans “a bad check.” He said he had come to remind the nation of […]
The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race
by LZ Granderson Democrats talk about a “failed war on drugs” because they lack the fortitude to speak on this uncomfortable truth: It didn’t fail. As Kathleen […]
They fear nothing quite so much as losing whiteness’ privileges
Here you go: I have forgotten more about race than most people have ever known. Apologies if that sounds like braggadocio, but there’s a point that needs […]
America’s empathy problem — and what to do about it
by Herb Cromwell A dictionary definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It’s not the same as sympathy. As memoirist […]
The right to bear arms does not extend to Black people
Conservatives have a special purgatory for uppity Black women who dare question America’s founding myths. New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones — her Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” […]
The phrase ‘systemic racism’ clouds productive debate
by Ramesh Ponnuru “It’s past time for America to discard the left-wing myth of systemic racism,” former Vice President Mike Pence said on a recent visit to […]
100 years later: The American massacre you never heard of
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is adapted from an editorial that originally ran June 16, 2020. May 31/June 1, 2021, marks the 100 year anniversary of the Tulsa […]