Bob CollinsTo right an injustice, you have to be part of someone else’s story, New York Times columnist David Brooks says.
That’s difficult when your injustice isn’t theirs. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Racism
It’s wishful thinking to assume a call to C-SPAN signals a widespread change in the discussion of race in America, but maybe it’s at least a small sign that it’s possible to make progress. Read more →
There’s a racist in Tenino, Washington. That would be a fitting headline if not for the fact there are a lot more people spreading their love of neighbors and community.
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While watching Simone Manuel accept her gold medal at the Olympics in Rio last evening, I was thinking about this story from MPR News’ Laura Yuen about the “swimming gap” between white people and people of color. Read more →
Writer Yasin Mohamud pens an all too familiar tale in the Star Tribune’s 10,000 Takes series about the time he was stopped by the cops in Edina because he fit the description of those involved with ‘keying’ cars at the Macaroni Grill. He was 16 at the time, he writes today. Read more →
As expected, NPR ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen heard plenty of reaction from NPR listeners about Steve Inskeep’s interview with white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Read more →
David Duke probably isn’t going to win a Senate seat in Louisiana. There are too many people running for the gig and the Republican Party has already said it won’t support him.
So what makes David Duke worthy of NPR airtime for a race among other candidates whom NPR probably won’t invite on Morning Edition? Read more →
Honk if you got up yesterday morning thinking it would be the day a national TV network would proudly feature an essay that included a reference to the comfortable life of being a slave in Washington. Read more →
The former Bloomington city attorney, who had refused to back down from prosecuting members of Black Lives Matter for their occupation of the Mall of America in December 2014, is now pushing back against some critics of the group’s positions. Read more →
Garnette Cadogan, from Jamaica, loves to walk. Then he moved to the United States and the joy was diminished. He’s a black man in America.
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If you’re old enough, perhaps the brouhaha over the Minnesota Lynx wearing T-shirts to comment on social issues reminded you of a similar time when uppity athletes didn’t just shut up and play. Read more →
Maybe if workers at a hog processing plant were white, Mason City, Iowa would have embraced a plan that would have brought close to 2,000 jobs to the city, an official with the company proposing the plant is suggesting.
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African-American women graduating from West Point celebrate their upcoming graduation. One might also conclude they’re celebrating their resilience to survive West Point. But these things must be viewed through a white culture, apparently.
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If you spend any time at all watching commercial TV, perhaps you’ve marveled at the notion that some people get up and go to work in the morning and sit in meetings and come up with the most inane ideas to turn into a product commercial.
Someone got up one morning, went to work, and thought this was good idea. Read more →
An odd thing happened today when someone wore a T-shirt of a sports team featuring a racial caricature. It offended some people. Read more →