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What I Got Wrong About D.E.I.

Eugenia Cheng The New York Times
Math teaches us that D.E.I. initiatives should be about carefully defining metrics we use to measure how far people have come, thus how far they have the potential to go. They should be about uncovering when some people are constantly running uphill

Tidbits- Sept 4 -Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures, Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller Real Quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten Europe Shut Down; No Kings 2 – Oct 18

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Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures and Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller's real quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten to Shut Down All of Europe; No Kings 2 - Oct 18;

The Imminent Death of the Voting Rights Act

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
White people are depicted as victims of discrimination;.white South Africans are invited as refugees; the president demands a museum designed to tell the African American story must tell a happy tale. The voting rights law may not see a 61st birthday

Sounds Like the Plan: The Historical Roots of the Takeover of D.C.

Rick Massimo Forget I Said Anything
The capital has for most of its history been a largely-to-mostly-Black city run by open racists. This takeover by white federal officials is something many in the Black community have been anticipating for decades. There’s even a name for it-The Plan

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

Clint Smith The Atlantic
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

Tidbits- Aug.21 -Readers Comments: Trump-Putin Summit; Trump White-Washington Slavery; Trump’s DC Takeover; Zohran Mamdani – the “Commie Corridor”; Zoom This Sunday: Gaza & the West Bank: Views From the Israeli and Palestinian Left; Cartoons; More…

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Readers Comments: Trump-Putin Summit; Trump White-Washington Slavery; Trump's DC Takeover; Zohran Mamdani - the “Commie Corridor”; Zoom this Sunday: Gaza & the West Bank: Views from the Israeli and Palestinian left; Cartoons and more...
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