Articles for Racial Reckoning

Judge Brown Jackson and America’s moment of racial reckoning
2 years, 8 months ago

Judge Brown Jackson and America’s moment of racial reckoning

Al Jazeera  

The hounding of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson by conservatives who say ‘race does not matter’ was a side effect of our current moment of racial reckoning. With each moment of racial reckoning – such as the abolition of slavery and Jim Crow laws, legal desegregation of public schools, passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights …

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Why we need a Juneteenth holiday
3 years, 6 months ago

Why we need a Juneteenth holiday

Al Jazeera  

This holiday provides Americans with an opportunity to look at history from the point of view of the oppressed. Given Bethanien’s long history as a hub of progressive politics, it was a fitting place for people to celebrate Black American liberation. Activists not only demand the nation at large to acknowledge the legacy of slavery and the psychological, material and …

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How Underrepresented TV Writers Have Faced More Inequities During The Pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

How Underrepresented TV Writers Have Faced More Inequities During The Pandemic

Huff Post  

Nisara Tangtrakul / EyeEm via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s racial uprisings created further challenges and complications for TV writers from historically underrepresented backgrounds, and progress has been incremental at best, according to a new survey from the Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity, a coalition of underrepresented TV writers. TTIE’s report warns that “while overt sexual …

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There was no racial reckoning for George Floyd
3 years, 8 months ago

There was no racial reckoning for George Floyd

CNN  

CNN — They tell me I’ve experienced a “racial reckoning.” I keep seeing that phrase pop up in news stories. Gestures by White people do not equal true change For some, a racial reckoning occurs when enough White people suddenly realize that the country’s racial problems are much worse than they thought. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images “It struck me as a …

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Three Lessons to Learn From Morgan Wallen’s Racial Reckoning
54 years, 11 months ago

Three Lessons to Learn From Morgan Wallen’s Racial Reckoning

Slate  

It’s not yet clear what will happen next with Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen’s callous use of a racial slur is not unprecedented among country music artists. Country’s myopic racial identity makes little room for the acknowledgement of Latinx and Indigenous artists within the music’s ongoing evolution and popularity—perhaps even less room than it has available for Black people. As Elamin …

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Jacob Blake shooting: How the nation’s racial reckoning swelled
4 years, 3 months ago

Jacob Blake shooting: How the nation’s racial reckoning swelled

CNN  

CNN — Three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police spurred national unrest and widespread reforms, America’s racial reckoning exploded when Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a White officer. “What’s so striking about Kenosha is that it put this racial inequality in sharp relief.” A flag flies over a department …

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