You South Africa

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The ex NBA star pledged $100 million (R1,7bn) over the next 10 years. The star has pledged to support anti-racism organisations. The singer has offered to bail out arrested protesters. The rapper contributed $100 000 (R1,7m) to arrested protest

The Christian Science Monitor

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We Stories, a nonprofit founded in 2015 to raise ‘big-hearted kids,’ has hundreds of families on its waiting list.

TIME

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THE SYMBOLISM IN TA-NEHISI COATES’ NEW BOOK, We Were Eight Years in Power, runs cover to cover, starting with the binding materials. The book’s endpapers, that wallpaper glued to the inside cover, are both adhesive and cohesive, serving as a visual t

The Atlantic

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If there’s real beef between the Harvard philosopher Cornel West and The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates, Coates says he doesn’t understand it. West is a vocal critic of Coates and his status as a public intellectual. Coates addressed the controversy at

POPSUGAR

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Carliyonna Thurber, a 24-year-old biracial woman who grew up in Long Valley, NJ, never seriously considered her race as a child. Adopted as an infant by white parents, Carliyonna spent her formative years attending school and making friends in a town

OUT

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Loving your body is optional. You can be in any sort of relationship with your body, and it’s important to acknowledge that, rather than constantly feeling forced to love it or guilty if you don’t. When it comes to the body positivity movement, why d

Guernica Magazine

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The producer of the hit podcast talks about how race and power shape public education, and what it will take to create a more equitable system.

NPR

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Ta-Nehisi Coates' new novel, set during the era of slavery, follows a young black man who discovers that his memories trigger a mysterious power of teleportation that can help escaped slaves flee.

History Revealed

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https://bit.ly/2UX37w2 The American Civil Rights movement has made headlines recently, as global protests took place following George Floyd’s death. In this episode, recorded in June, University of Virginia professor Kevin Gaines explores some of t

NPR

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Gov. Northam has made a call for racial dialogue after his yearbook photo controversy, but these conversations are hard to have productively.

The Atlantic

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In three one-on-one interviews, our national correspondent talks about his career, his community, and his country.

TIME

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I was 12 years old when Trayvon Martin was murdered, and 13 when his murderer was acquitted. While my predominantly Black congregational church was wrought by grief and mourning, my predominantly white private school was oblivious to the murder, the

Time Magazine International Edition

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I was 12 years old when Trayvon Martin was murdered, and 13 when his murderer was acquitted. While my predominantly Black congregational church was wrought by grief and mourning, my predominantly white private school was oblivious to the murder, the

Los Angeles Times

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The Times' analysis of the racial/ethnic and gender diversity of Emmy nominees in 19 major categories from 2015 to 2019 revealed that television's most prestigious award has not been representative of the viewing public. Instead, it's been overwhelmi

NPR

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When the president told several young congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here's a little history.

Futurity

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When Starbucks announced plans to conduct anti-bias training at its 8,000 outlets following the unprovoked arrests of two African-American customers in Philadelphia, psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton was at once impressed and skeptical. A veteran s

New Internationalist

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NI 529 exposes our lack of vision for a sustainable way of life. In ‘The case for nature’, Dinyar Godrej argues that for us to behave less like vengeful gods towards the rest of the natural world, the key is equality. ‘Finntopia’ celebrates Finland,

Manhattan Institute

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More and more people regard human identity as infinitely flexible—and woe to those who disagree.

NPR

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Davis will edit coverage of race and identity from the National Desk, leading a team of reporters and coordinating with desks and shows

Futurity

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A new book explores the religious and racial origins of society’s obsession with thinness. In Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (NYU Press, 2019), Sabrina Strings, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Californi

Horse & Hound

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WE can all play a part in fighting inequality and lack of diversity in equestrianism, the mother of a mixed-heritage rider believes. Trinity Allman, a 13-year-old showjumper and eventer, is the subject of pictures taken by Jade Greenfield, of Mountai

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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I was more delighted than usual to see that my 2020 census form arrived in the mail the other day. It gives me something else to do at home while waiting for the novel coronavirus storm to pass. Not much to do, fortunately. It only took about 10 minu

Futurity

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Race and class inequalities are embedded in the American criminal legal system, the author of a new book argues. For Matthew Clair, the protests following the death of George Floyd are a stark reminder of the US’s turbulent racial history. “In 2012 w

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Talking about race, I have long observed, is like talking about sex: We know it’s important, we like to think we know all about it, and yet we’re reluctant to talk about it in mixed company or in front of the children. So, for much of that challengin

5280 Magazine

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During this difficult time in Denver, we devoted our July cover package to the stories of people and institutions who are leading us through this tumultuous era. Yet, we still have a long way to go. “I was pleased to see 5280’s coverage of the Black

Lion's Roar

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NO ONE WHO HAS EVER touched liberation could possibly want anything other than liberation for all. But obscuring the path of liberation for us all is race. When I say race, I mean ethnicity and heritage and skin color and all of those things that we

Indianapolis Monthly

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WHAT’S ONE OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES AS SUPERINTENDENT? We’re doing a big push around racial equity. Like many districts, we see disparities in performance across different racial groups. So tackling head-on why those disparities exist and what we might

Manhattan Institute

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From an outsider’s point of view, the two most extraordinary things about the controversy over the interpretation of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test are that it should have been performed in the first place and that anyone should ha

Union of Concerned Scientists

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Science has a deeply problematic relationship with race. The dimensions of this history are many, and most remain in operation to this day. Don’t expect your Black colleagues or friends to educate you on this history whenever you deem it necessary to

The Independent

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The pattern of opportunity and disadvantage in Britain has never been more complex. Eight million ethnic minority Britons have very different experiences – half of us were born here, to parents and grandparents who were migrants. By education, social