Not that the subject has ever been easy. No, as has often been noted in this space, this country has been positively Herculean in its effort to […]
Tag: racism
May 16 letters to the editor
Ignoring racism in history not the answer Cynthia M. Allen worries about “… an unrelenting effort by a powerful few to frame everything … through the lens […]
As a 12-year-old, she defied the KKK in order to comfort Freedom Riders injured in a firebombing
by Janie Forsyth McKinney In early 1961, I considered myself an unremarkable, shy seventh-grader except for the fact I made straight As, wore thick prescription glasses and […]
Voters reject school ‘cultural sensitivity’
by Cynthia M. Allen Southlake, near Fort Worth, Texas, is not the most unlikely place for a showdown over critical race theory. The Dallas-Fort Worth suburb is […]
Green Book sites remind us of a not-so-distant past
While we generally opine on the kind of news that makes headlines, sometimes we stumble across an interesting tidbit of information that might not make the news […]
Myth of America’s Anglo-Saxon political traditions
by Noah Feldman A group of House conservatives have been discussing an “America First Caucus” that would aim to protect and advance what they call “Anglo-Saxon political […]
‘A riot is the language of the unheard’
“The anguish we are suffering cannot translate into violence.” So said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey last week in the wake of yet another police killing of yet […]
Va. traffic stop echoes George Floyd
by Dahleen Glanton Months after police killed George Floyd on a busy street in Minneapolis, Army Lt. Caron Nazario had a dangerous encounter with police in rural […]
The Derek Chauvin trial cannot vindicate America
America is on trial. Or at least, that is the conviction of many observers as Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, faces judge and jury […]
Does GOP bill assume white fragility? Or whitewash history?
by Rekha Basu One thing we might all agree on is there’s no shortage of subjects on which to disagree. Guns, politics and religion; differing ideologies on […]