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Racism
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A Confederacy of Denial
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Dylann Roof Is Not an Extremist
The Charleston murders are consistent with the racism that has characterized the US since its creation.
Obama: “We Are Not Cured” of Racism
President Obama spoke openly about racism in the United States during a podcast with comedian Marc Maron.
Is the FBI Ignoring White Violence by Refusing to Call Dylann Roof a Terrorist?
Kevin Alexander Gray and Richard Cohen discuss whether the shooting in Charleston was an act of domestic terrorism.
Dylann Roof’s Links to Hate Group Revealed After Charleston Church Massacre
“Roof was an excellent student, it seems, of the white supremacist world,” says Richard Cohen.
Building Inspiration: Architecture and Black Liberation
A more honest narrative of the Black experience in the US should recall and hold high Black pioneers in the field of architecture.
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Police Criminals and the Brutalization of Black Girls
For black girls in the hallowed idyllic spaces that enshrine the privileges of white youth, summer is always over.
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On Remembrance and Resisting Desecration
We are the builders of peace, and peace is not the silence between gunshots.
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We Were Never Meant to Survive: A Response to the Attack in Charleston
This country has never valued Black people. We cannot consider ourselves safe anywhere.
South Carolina Massacre: Why Don’t We Call Killing of Nine Black Churchgoers an Act of Terrorism?
Why are so many politicians and much of the media afraid to call the mass shooting an act of terrorism? We discuss the double standards in coverage of shootings …