Posts Tagged ‘Jim Crow’
Georgia’s Jim Crow voter suppression laws are absolutely American. Stop saying they’re not
Jim Crow 2.0 is coming to a state near you. After Georgia passed voter suppression measures meant to keep Black, brown and young people from voting, we should all be outraged, but we should not be surprised. America has never wanted Black people to have full citizenship. That’s why, after slavery ended, the 13th Amendment allowed…
Read More Colin Kaepernick and the truth about race in sports
Race stands at the intersection of media and sports in America. If that truth has ever been in question, the events of the last week should erase all doubt. First, we learned that a modern-day iteration of the Jim Crow-era radio show, “Amos ‘n Andy,” had been revived in Philadelphia. A white radio producer at…
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