Reparations Daily (ish) Vol. 18
The ‘Threadbare’ Lie
Happy Monday! No Hot Takes today, but here are some articles that are worth reading:
This Brent Staples opinion piece on the role of the media in perpetuating white supremacy.
This New York Times interactive piece published this morning walks you through the widening wealth inequality of the last year.
The Washington Post examines how the ‘racial reckoning’ of the past year has impacted the nonprofit sector.
We’re continuing to follow the eugenics-reparations story out of California.
Since it’s a slower news day, you may want to give this Washington Center for Equitable Growth piece a read. It walks you through some of the more logistical questions surrounding reparations for Black Americans.
With radical love,
Trevor
National News
New York Times: How the White Press Wrote Off Black America
New York Times: The Economy Is Recovering, But Mostly For the Rich
NBC: Critical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs
Politico: What Arizona’s 2010 Ban on Ethnic Studies Could Mean for the Fight Over Critical Race Theory
New York Magazine: How to Manufacture a Moral Panic
Vox: Critical race theory hysteria overshadows the importance of teaching kids about racism
Washington Post: A racial reckoning at nonprofits: Black women demand better pay, opportunities
Roosevelt Institute: Once in a Lifetime: Why a Sea Change in Economics Is Happening Now
Bloomberg: It's Not Just Amazon. Antitrust Needs a Revival.
Washington Center for Equitable Growth: The logistics of a reparations program in the United States (February 2020)
Tax Policy Center: How Could the United States Pay for Reparations? (February 2021)
Regional News
CBS Chicago: ‘If We Don’t Fight, Who Will?’: Activists Demand Reparations For Ex-Cons Convicted Of Marijuana Charges In Illinois
Washington Post: California once forcibly sterilized people by the thousands. Now the victims may get reparations.
Gazette Net: Righting past wrongs: A racial reckoning is under way in several Valley communities
California News-Times: California Reparations Task Force Holds 2nd Meeting
WHYY: University of Delaware to explore slavery legacy at the Newark campus
Texas Tribune: Texas Senate bill seeks to strip required lessons on people of color and women from “critical race theory” law