Tag Archives: Race and Ethnicity

The New York Times 1:08 pm on February 25, 2021
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Tiger Woods and Another Terrible Turn of Fate

It is easy to cling to memories of Tiger Woods at his peaks, but his vulnerability tells as much, if not more, about his powerful hold on sport and culture.

#black-people, #california, #golf, #masters-golf-tournament, #race-and-ethnicity, #woods-tiger

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The New York Times 10:02 am on February 25, 2021
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Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and the Voices of ‘Resistance’

The evocative podcast about people who “refuse to accept things as they are” is thriving in a historical blind spot of story-driven audio.

#black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #content-type-personal-profile, #gimlet-media, #podcasts, #race-and-ethnicity, #resistance-radio-program, #saidu-tejan-thomas-jr, #spotify

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The New York Times 1:02 am on February 25, 2021
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Criminal Justice Is a State Issue

State power is the path to racial equality and liberation.

#bail, #black-people, #brookings-institution, #capital-punishment, #crime-and-criminals, #death-penalty-information-center, #illinois, #income-inequality, #race-and-ethnicity, #states-us, #virginia, #whites

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The New York Times 8:00 pm on February 24, 2021
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Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College

A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm. An investigation found no evidence of bias. But the incident will not fade away.

#black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #kanoute-oumou, #northampton-mass, #race-and-ethnicity, #smith-college

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The New York Times 7:04 pm on February 24, 2021
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Cherokee Nation Addresses Bias Against Descendants of Enslaved People

The tribe’s Supreme Court excised language from its constitution that limited the citizenship rights of descendants of Black people who had been enslaved by the tribe before the Civil War.

#black-people, #cherokee-indians, #citizenship-and-naturalization, #muscogee-creek-nation-okumlgee-okla, #native-americans, #oklahoma, #race-and-ethnicity, #slavery-historical, #supreme-court-us, #treaties

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The New York Times 3:05 pm on February 24, 2021
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New York Times Calls for Workplace Changes in Diversity Report

“The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues,” the report found. People of color described “unsettling and sometimes painful day-to-day workplace experiences.”

#baquet-dean, #black-people, #guild-amber-r-1977, #hispanic-americans, #kopit-levien-meredith, #minorities, #new-york-times, #race-and-ethnicity, #ryan-carolyn, #sulzberger-a-g, #workplace-environment

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The New York Times 2:49 am on February 24, 2021
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Over 160 Confederate Symbols Were Removed in 2020, Group Says

The Southern Poverty Law Center said more “symbols of hate” were removed from public property last year after the death of George Floyd than in the previous four years combined.

#black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #capitol-building-washington-dc, #civil-war-us-1861-65, #confederate-states-of-america, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #discrimination, #flags-emblems-and-insignia, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #military-bases-and-installations, #monuments-and-memorials-structures, #names-organizational, #race-and-ethnicity, #sons-of-confederate-veterans, #southern-poverty-law-center, #states-us, #symbols, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 7:47 pm on February 23, 2021
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They Were Black. Their Parents Were White. Growing Up Was Complicated.

“Raceless,” by Georgina Lawton, and “Surviving The White Gaze,” by Rebecca Carroll, follow two Black women who discover their racial identity after a childhood separated from their heritage.

#black-people, #books-and-literature, #carroll-rebecca-1969, #content-type-personal-profile, #lawton-georgina, #race-and-ethnicity, #raceless-in-search-of-family-identity-and-the-truth-about-where-i-belong-book, #surviving-the-white-gaze-a-memoir-book

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The New York Times 4:10 am on February 23, 2021
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Slate Suspends Podcast Host After Debate Over Racial Slur

Mike Pesca of “The Gist” said he was suspended after defending, in a Slack discussion with colleagues, the use of the slur in some contexts.

#defector-media-llc, #discrimination, #hohlt-jared, #mike-pesca, #news-and-news-media, #podcasts, #race-and-ethnicity, #slate-magazine, #workplace-environment, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

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The New York Times 12:40 am on February 23, 2021
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Woke Me When It’s Over

In the humorless world of Woke, the satire is never funny and the statute of limitations never expires, even when it comes to hamantaschen.

#abigail-koffler, #bon-appetit-magazine, #conde-nast-publications-inc, #discrimination, #jews-and-judaism, #political-correctness, #race-and-ethnicity, #university-of-illinois-chicago

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The New York Times 11:51 am on February 22, 2021
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Lucky Luke, the Comic Book Cowboy, Discovers Race, Belatedly

For the first time in the Franco-Belgian comic book classic, Black characters have full-fledged roles and are drawn without the racist depictions that marred the genre.

#a-cowboy-in-high-cotton-book, #berjeaut-julien-1974, #black-people, #books-and-literature, #cartoons-and-cartoonists, #colonization, #comic-books-and-strips, #discrimination, #france, #lucky-luke, #race-and-ethnicity, #reeves-bass, #tintin-in-the-congo-book

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 21, 2021
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What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America

Too often, attention to nonwhite groups is only as pressing as the injuries that they have suffered.

#asian-americans-advancing-justice-asian-law-caucus, #asian-americans, #black-people, #chinese-americans, #discrimination, #hate-crimes, #japanese-americans, #korean-americans, #minorities, #new-york-city, #oakland-calif, #race-and-ethnicity, #san-francisco-calif

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 20, 2021
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Democrats Beat Trump in 2020. Now They’re Asking: What Went Wrong?

Disappointed by down-ballot losses, Democratic interest groups are joining forces to conduct an autopsy of the election results. Republicans do not yet seem willing to reckon with the G.O.P.’s major defeats.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #congressional-black-caucus, #democratic-party, #elections-house-of-representatives, #end-citizens-united, #latino-victory-fund, #polls-and-public-opinion, #presidential-election-of-2020, #race-and-ethnicity, #third-way

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The New York Times 8:35 pm on February 19, 2021
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Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture

And at 86, the pioneering conceptual artist isn’t done yet. She’s getting her first retrospective ever, at the Brooklyn Museum.

#art, #black-people, #both-and-exhibit, #brooklyn-museum, #content-type-personal-profile, #jamaican-americans, #museums, #ogrady-lorraine-1934, #race-and-ethnicity, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 3:27 pm on February 19, 2021
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How a Trinidadian Communist Invented London’s ‘Notting Hill Carnival’

The Notting Hill Carnival was canceled last year. But it likely wouldn’t exist at all without the efforts of Claudia Jones.

#black-people, #carnival-pre-lenten, #content-type-personal-profile, #jones-claudia, #london-england, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 19, 2021
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The Book That Should Change How Progressives Talk About Race

Heather McGhee writes that racism increases economic inequality for everyone.

#black-people, #discrimination, #mcghee-heather-c-1980, #minorities, #race-and-ethnicity, #united-states-economy, #whites

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The New York Times 10:06 pm on February 18, 2021
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Still Processing: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and Whiteness in America

What “Hillbilly Elegy” can learn from the film “Get Out” and the podcast “S-Town.”

#get-out-movie, #hillbilly-elegy-movie, #podcasts, #race-and-ethnicity, #s-town-radio-program

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The New York Times 9:40 pm on February 18, 2021
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Anti-Asian Racism Isn’t New

A frightening wave of attacks has Asian communities on edge. But I experienced street harassment long before the pandemic.

#asian-americans, #california, #chinese-americans, #discrimination, #minorities, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 9:14 pm on February 18, 2021
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Black Grief, White Grievance: Artists Search for Racial Justice

An urgent show at the New Museum — both a monument to a resilient culture and a memorial to what’s lost through racism — will surely rank as one of the most important of 2021.

#art, #black-people, #enwezor-okwui, #grief-and-grievance-art-and-mourning-in-america-exhibit, #ligon-glenn, #manhattan-nyc, #mehretu-julie, #new-museum-of-contemporary-art, #race-and-ethnicity, #ward-nari, #weems-carrie-mae, #whitten-jack

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The New York Times 6:51 pm on February 18, 2021
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Chicago Lists Lincoln Statues Among Monuments to Review

A city commission, created after protests against racism last year, identified five statues of Abraham Lincoln among 41 monuments that should receive public scrutiny.

#black-people, #chicago-ill, #discrimination, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #lincoln-abraham, #monuments-and-memorials-structures, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 3:00 pm on February 18, 2021
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Billie Holiday’s Story Depends on Who’s Telling It

There are almost as many interpretations of her short life and enormous legacy as there are books and films about her, including the new biopic starring Andra Day.

#anslinger-harry-j, #black-people, #content-type-personal-profile, #daniels-lee, #day-andra-1984, #holiday-billie, #jazz, #lady-day-at-emersons-bargrill-play, #lady-sings-the-blues-movie, #movies, #parks-suzan-lori, #race-and-ethnicity, #the-united-states-vs-billie-holiday-movie

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 18, 2021
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The Real Story of the ‘Draft Riots’

In 1863, mobs of white New Yorkers terrorized Black people. The response has something to teach us.

#civil-war-us-1861-65, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #discrimination, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #manhattan-nyc, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 18, 2021
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Abolish the Federal Death Penalty

It can’t be fixed. It can’t be reformed. Its flaws are inherent. Its time has come.

#barr-william-p, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #capital-punishment, #criminal-justice, #federal-courts-us, #justice-department, #race-and-ethnicity, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j

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The New York Times 5:01 am on February 18, 2021
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Covid Causes Sharp Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy

American life expectancy fell by one year, to 77.8 years, in the first half of 2020. It may rebound as the pandemic’s end approaches.

#age-chronological, #black-people, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #hispanic-americans, #race-and-ethnicity, #united-states, #whites

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The New York Times 11:46 pm on February 17, 2021
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For Black Aides on Capitol Hill, Jan. 6 Brought Particular Trauma

Black congressional staff members said the attack brought back memories of how they had tried to avoid people they felt could be prone to racist violence — only to find them at their place of work.

#belford-remmington, #black-people, #fringe-groups-and-movements, #house-of-representatives, #mcknight-jabir, #mcquerry-mike-1970, #race-and-ethnicity, #right-wing-extremism-and-alt-right, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #united-states-politics-and-government, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

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The New York Times 10:52 pm on February 17, 2021
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If ‘Housing Is a Right,’ How Do We Make It Happen?

For starters, Biden can improve lives right now by recalibrating existing programs.

#affordable-housing, #baltimore-md, #discrimination, #evictions, #housing-and-urban-development-department, #public-and-subsidized-housing, #race-and-ethnicity, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate, #section-8-housing, #vouchers

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The New York Times 9:34 pm on February 17, 2021
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Charles Venable Resigns as Head of Indianapolis Museum of Art

His departure comes in the wake of a job posting, since corrected, that described the museum’s core audience as “white,” and amid criticism from a trustee, some staff and local artists.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #art, #black-people, #boards-of-directors, #discrimination, #indianapolis-ind, #indianapolis-museum-of-art, #museums, #newfields, #race-and-ethnicity, #venable-charles-l

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The New York Times 5:16 pm on February 17, 2021
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Should Student Debt Be Canceled?

Readers discuss fairness and the racial wealth gap in debating whether this would be the right move.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #colleges-and-universities, #income-inequality, #race-and-ethnicity, #student-loans, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 3:00 pm on February 17, 2021
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Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music

Five singer-songwriters discuss the challenges of becoming the change they want to see in a famously homogeneous segment of the music industry.

#black-people, #brittney-spencer, #country-music, #guyton-mickey, #miko-marks, #race-and-ethnicity, #reyna-roberts, #rissi-palmer, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 8:08 pm on February 16, 2021
Tags: , , , Hill, Charlie (1951-2013), , Nesteroff, Kliph, Race and Ethnicity, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans&Comedy (Book)   

Writing Native American Stand-Ups Into the History of Comedy

An author who specializes in unearthing forgotten figures argues for the importance of Charlie Hill, the first Indigenous comic to appear on “The Tonight Show.”

#books-and-literature, #comedy-and-humor, #content-type-personal-profile, #hill-charlie-1951-2013, #native-americans, #nesteroff-kliph, #race-and-ethnicity, #we-had-a-little-real-estate-problem-the-unheralded-story-of-native-americanscomedy-book

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The New York Times 3:14 pm on February 16, 2021
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Amy Cooper, Who Falsely Accused Bird-Watcher in Central Park, Has Charges Dismissed

Ms. Cooper, a white woman, called 911 on the bird-watcher in Central Park. Prosecutors asked a judge to drop the charges after she finished an education program about racial bias.

#birdwatching, #central-park-manhattan-ny, #cooper-amy-may-25-2020-central-park-incident, #cooper-christian-birder, #new-york-city, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 16, 2021
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DNA and Race: What Ancestry and 23andMe Reveal

Our country has struggled to reckon with the horrors of the past. Could DNA tests help?

#23andme, #ancestry-com, #dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #genealogy, #genetics-and-heredity, #race-and-ethnicity, #slavery-historical

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 16, 2021
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What Racism Costs All Americans

Heather McGhee and Ezra Klein discuss the terrible price of drained-pool politics.

#demos-a-network-for-ideasaction, #mcghee-heather-c-1980, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 4:10 pm on February 15, 2021
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Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech

A scholar’s address about racism and music theory was met with a vituperative, personal response by a small journal. It faced calls to cease publishing.

#anti-semitism, #black-people, #censorship, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #ewell-philip-a, #foundation-for-individual-rights-in-education, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #hunter-college, #jackson-timothy-l-1958, #journal-of-schenkerian-studies, #music, #race-and-ethnicity, #schenker-heinrich, #society-for-music-theory, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #university-of-north-texas

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2021
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Along the Southwest Border, Trump’s Wall Is Only One of the Insults He Left Behind

Here’s what Biden should do about the poverty, discrimination and environmental destruction.

#agriculture-and-farming, #border-barriers, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deserts, #global-warming, #hispanic-americans, #illegal-immigration, #immigration-and-emigration, #international-trade-and-world-market, #land-use-policies, #migrants-environmental, #native-americans, #race-and-ethnicity, #stimulus-economic, #water

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The New York Times 11:55 pm on February 14, 2021
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Postcard From Peru: Why the Morality Plays Inside The Times Won’t Stop

Other news organizations have their own personnel dramas. But none attract the spotlight like The Times.

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #content-type-personal-profile, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #discrimination, #mcneil-donald-g-jr, #medicine-and-health, #new-york-times, #news-and-news-media, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 6:27 am on February 14, 2021
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Indianapolis Museum of Art Apologizes for Insensitive Job Posting

The museum wrote that it was seeking a director who would work to maintain its “core, white art audience,” in addition to attracting a more diverse one.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #art, #hiring-and-promotion, #indianapolis-ind, #indianapolis-museum-of-art, #labor-and-jobs, #museums, #race-and-ethnicity, #venable-charles-l, #workplace-environment

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The New York Times 12:36 am on February 14, 2021
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Chris Harrison to Step Away From ‘The Bachelor’ After ‘Harmful’ Comments

The reality television show’s longtime host will be absent for an unspecified amount of time. He has come under fire after making remarks he now acknowledges were dismissive of racism.

#abc-inc, #apologies, #discrimination, #harrison-chris-1971, #race-and-ethnicity, #rachael-kirkconnell, #rachel-l-lindsay, #social-media, #television, #the-bachelor-tv-program, #the-bachelorette-tv-program

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 13, 2021
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Nobody Wins in an Economy of White Resentment

But there is a way out of America’s zero-sum socioeconomic thinking.

#black-people, #income-inequality, #johnson-lyndon-baines, #obama-barack, #race-and-ethnicity, #tea-party-movement, #united-states-economy, #whites

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 13, 2021
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Silicon Valley’s Safe Space

Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future. Then it disappeared.

#artificial-intelligence, #astral-codex-ten, #blogs-and-blogging-internet, #computers-and-the-internet, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #names-personal, #race-and-ethnicity, #rationalists, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #siskind-scott, #slate-star-codex, #substack-inc, #women-and-girls, #writing-and-writers

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The New York Times 6:24 am on February 13, 2021
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Jaguars Assistant Coach Chris Doyle Resigns After Backlash

The Fritz Pollard Alliance criticized the recent addition of Chris Doyle, who was accused of mistreatment of Black players at the University of Iowa, to Urban Meyer’s staff in Jacksonville.

#black-people, #coaches-and-managers, #discrimination, #doyle-chris-1968, #football, #fritz-pollard-alliance, #jacksonville-jaguars, #meyer-urban, #national-football-league, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 4:09 am on February 13, 2021
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Bubba Wallace Needed NASCAR Help. Michael Jordan Took It Personally.

Denny Hamlin, who won the Daytona 500 the past two years, asked Jordan to form a team with him, 23XI Racing. They are rallying behind Wallace, the only Black full-time driver at NASCAR’s top level.

#automobile-racing, #daytona-500-auto-race, #hamlin-denny, #jordan-michael, #national-assn-of-stock-car-auto-racing, #race-and-ethnicity, #wallace-darrell-jr

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The New York Times 2:03 am on February 13, 2021
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‘I’m Speaking Out:’ Calgary Firefighters Allege Decades of Racism

Accusations stretching back 25 years have spurred city officials to acknowledge racism within the department and pledge to address it.

#black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #calgary-alberta, #discrimination, #fires-and-firefighters, #indigenous-people, #race-and-ethnicity, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

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The New York Times 4:27 pm on February 12, 2021
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Once Overlooked, Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due

In the 1960s, abstract painting was a controversial style for Black artists, overshadowed by social realist works. Now, it’s claimed its place as a vital form of expression.

#art, #binion-mcarthur, #black-people, #delaney-beauford, #johnson-rashid-1977, #pindell-howardena, #race-and-ethnicity, #whitten-jack

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The New York Times 2:06 pm on February 12, 2021
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Attacks on Asian Seniors in Bay Area Prompt a Cry for Help

The attacks have renewed fears over a wave of anti-Asian violence and harassment that was spurred earlier in the pandemic.

#asian-americans, #california, #discrimination, #race-and-ethnicity

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The New York Times 12:05 pm on February 12, 2021
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Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Tackles Coronavirus Inequities

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith discusses her role overseeing President Biden’s coronavirus equity task force and the challenge of tackling disparities in the pandemic.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #black-people, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #nunez-smith-marcella, #race-and-ethnicity, #united-states-politics-and-government, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 9:02 pm on February 11, 2021
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Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo: How to Turn Your Red State Blue

It may take 10 years. Do it anyway.

#black-people, #campaign-finance, #democratic-party, #elections, #elections-governors, #elections-house-of-representatives, #elections-senate, #elections-state-legislature, #presidential-election-of-2020, #race-and-ethnicity, #republican-party, #state-legislatures, #united-states-politics-and-government, #voter-registration-and-requirements

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The New York Times 7:27 pm on February 11, 2021
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Overlooked No More: Jimmie McDaniel, Tennis Player Who Broke Barriers

More than 80 years ago he played what is believed to have been the first interracial tennis match, against Don Budge, the world champion. But he has become a forgotten footnote of the game’s storied past.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 11, 2021
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A Vision of Asian-American Cinema That Questions the Very Premise

Lulu Wang, Lee Isaac Chung, Bing Liu, Alan Yang, Justin Chon, Sandi Tan and Mira Nair talk forthrightly about staying true to themselves while navigating Hollywood and issues of identity.

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The New York Times 11:04 pm on February 10, 2021
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In First Pentagon Visit as President, Biden Praises Black Americans Serving in Military

With the nation’s first Black vice president and first Black defense secretary at his side, Mr. Biden said that contributions of African-Americans in the military had not always been recognized.

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