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Charlottesville: Race and Terror – VICE News Tonight on HBO

VICE News Tonight correspondent Elle Reeve goes behind the scenes with white nationalist leaders, including Christopher Cantwell, Robert Ray, David Duke, and Matthew Heimbach — as well as counter-protesters. VICE News Tonight also spoke with residents of Charlottesville, members of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the Charlottesville Police. Up close and personal access from the neo-Nazi protests at Emancipation Park to Cantwell’s hideaway outside of Virginia.

Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie

Ibram X. Kendi The New York Times
We may never know why justice is still segregated from black death. On one side, people say: America is racist, and jurors are like cops — they hate black people. On the other: The police account is indisputable. Black lives do not matter. The deeper answer is that black death matters. It matters to the life of America, by which I mean the blood flow of ideas that give life to Americans’ perceptions of their nation.

Protest Started by Colin Kaepernick Spreads to High School Students

Julie Turkewitzoct The New York Times
In the weeks since Colin Kaepernick, a San Francisco 49ers quarterback, took a knee during the national anthem — the protest against racial injustice he launched has pushed that conversation onto a quintessential American stage: the high school football field.
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