Ibram X. Kendi
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Photo illustration by Adam Maida / The Atlantic; … The Second Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
King’s nightmare of racism is being presented as his dream.
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Paul Spella; Getty; The Atlantic There Is No Debate Over Critical Race Theory
Pundits and politicians have created their own definition for the term, and then set about attacking it.
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The Atlantic Our New Postracial Myth
The postracial idea is the most sophisticated racist idea ever produced.
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Ruddy Roye We Still Don’t Know Who the Coronavirus’s Victims Were
One year into a racial pandemic within a viral one, the gaps in our collective knowledge are still startling.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Compliance Will Not Save Me
Black and brown people’s defiance is not the problem. Our compliance is not the solution.
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Dey Street Books / Viking / Hachette Books … The 10 Best Political Books of 2020 by Black Women
Last year, Black women called upon themselves, made themselves heard, and shared their political talents and minds.
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Getty / The Atlantic Denial Is the Heartbeat of America
When have Americans been willing to admit who we are?
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Getty / The Atlantic Stop Scapegoating Progressives
Democrats need elected officials to do what Trump never did: Accept responsibility. Absorb criticism. Come back and campaign better.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty; Samuel Corum … A Battle Between the Two Souls of America
There is a divide in America between the souls of injustice and justice.
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The Atlantic A Campaign of Voter Subtraction
Trump’s Republican Party must subtract votes in order to survive.
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Mark Peterson / Redux The Violent Defense of White Male Supremacy
Trump and his supporters are defending an America where white men can rule and brutalize without consequence.
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The Atlantic Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism?
Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning.
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Danny Lyon / Magnum Patience Is a Dirty Word
“We do not want our freedom gradually,” John Lewis said, “but we want to be free now!”
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Oliver Munday / The Atlantic The American Nightmare
To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction.
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Image courtesy of Chase Hall Studio Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?
Americans don’t see me, or Ahmaud Arbery, running down the road—they see their fear.
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Kyle Grillot / Reuters We’re Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholders’ Republic
The pandemic has brought the latest battle in the long American war over communal well-being.
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CDC / Getty / The Atlantic Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus
New data from 29 states confirm the extent of the racial disparities.
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mim.girl / Shutterstock / The Atlantic What the Racial Data Show
The pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest.
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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Why Don’t We Know Who the Coronavirus Victims Are?
The coronavirus is infecting and killing Americans of all races. But there’s little public data on whether the virus is having a disproportionate impact on some communities.
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Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg / Getty Stop Blaming Young Voters for Not Turning Out for Sanders
Sanders is losing to Biden because America is excluding young voters, persistently and systemically.
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