Reparations Daily (ish) Vol. 21
Happy Monday! No Hot Takes section today but be on the lookout for Wednesday and Friday’s edition as we’ll be publishing two Q&As with Alicia Bell of Media 2070 and Dr. Andre Perry of the Brookings Institution.
Here are a few stories you may want to check out:
The Texas State Senate passed a bill on Friday that would “strip requirements that students learn white supremacy is morally wrong,” as detailed in this KVUE article.
This NPR piece touches on how the Catholic church and its schools are grappling with how to handle schools named after bishops who owned and purchased Black people.
With radical love,
Trevor
National News
MSNBC: The rise of a new America — and the last gasps of the dinosaur of white supremacy
New York Times: The $8 Billion Question: Which Towns Will Cash In on Marijuana?
Washington Post: Donations for racial equity have surged. But by how much?
USA Today: Racial justice in the workplace: In-depth look at diversity’s struggle to crack corporate boardrooms
Forbes: A Straightforward Primer On Critical Race Theory
Fox News: Fighting critical race theory – this is how we stop this blatantly racist ideology
USA Today: Fact check: Stat grossly misleading about slave ownership in 1860
Center for American Progress: A Roadmap for Reparations in Education (October 2020)
Regional News
KVUE: Critical race theory bill SB3 passes in Texas Senate by 18-4 vote
NPR: St. Louis Catholic Schools Try To Confront Their Associations With Slavery
Detroit News: Detroit council considers putting reparations measure on November ballot
Star Tribune: Born into slavery, he became an interpreter and St. Paul founding father
Brookings: To restore North Nashville’s Black middle class, local policymakers should pursue reparations
Star Tribune: GOP teeing up critical race theory for midterms in Minnesota, across the nation
International News
The Guardian: Secrets of rebel slaves in Barbados will finally be revealed