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July 2, 2015
Trying to Forgive the Black Church
Dylann Roof can’t have my mercy, but I can try to make peace with black Christianity.
Jamilah Lemieux
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June 29, 2015
In the Wake of Charleston, Fox News Is Perplexed on Just What the Confederate Flag and the N-Word Mean
Are civil rights just an exercise in symbol management?
Leslie Savan
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June 29, 2015
Proposal: The Bree Newsome Olympic Challenge
Bree Newsome showed remarkable political courage. She also perhaps gave a template for reimagining sports.
Dave Zirin
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June 25, 2015
The Historical Roots of Dylann Roof’s Racism
South Carolina’s warped public display of its white-supremacist history confronts South Carolinians, white and black, with a stark message about who rules the state.
Eric Foner
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June 24, 2015
Justice After Charleston
If we want to honor the memory of the Emanuel martyrs, we must continue their struggle for transformative action.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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June 24, 2015
The Confederate Flag, the Washington Football Team, and the Owners Who Love Them
If the Confederate flag is seen as poisonous, then products bearing the Washington football team name should be regarded in similar fashion.
Dave Zirin
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June 23, 2015
A History of Hate Rock From Johnny Rebel to Dylann Roof
One of the most powerful tools white power groups use to spread their ideology to young people is music.
Zoë Carpenter
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June 23, 2015
Blackness as Being, Whiteness as Nothingness
Nell Painter and Herman Melville on American racism as existentialism.
Greg Grandin
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June 22, 2015
The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party
The Council of Conservative Citizens, which helped inspire Roof’s rampage, condemns the killings but says he had ‘legitimate grievances’.
Michelle Goldberg
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June 22, 2015
Steve Spurrier Was Right: We Need to Get Rid of ‘That Dang, Damn Confederate Flag’
In 2007, University of South Carolina Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier called for the Confederate flag to come down. He was right then and he should speak out now.
Dave Zirin