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‘Asian American’ Category Obscures Health Disparities

Usha Lee McFarling STAT News
Because Asians in groups at the top earn so much more than those at the bottom, averaging makes it look like many other groups are doing far better than they are. The same is true for health outcomes.

Should America Keep Celebrating Thanksgiving?

Sean Sherman and Chase Iron Eyes The Nation
Sean Sherman argues that we need to decolonize Thanksgiving, while Chase Iron Eyes calls for replacing Thanksgiving with a “Truthsgiving.”

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‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ - Lost in a Dream City

Manohla Dargis The New York Times
In “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” the desire for home is at once existential and literal, a matter of self and safety, being and belonging. This is, of course, part of the story of being black in the United States.

How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit

Paul Prescod Jacobin
In the early 1900s, Ford Motor Company commanded strong loyalty from Detroit’s black workers. But the United Auto Workers broke Ford’s stranglehold through patient organizing, cementing an alliance that would bear fruit for decades.

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 26-Oct. 2

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Police mugshot of civil rights activist Mary Hamilton Racist judges get schooled (in 1963). School integration? No way (1958). A very deadly parade (1918). Prisoners of conscience (1943). Broadway says 'no' to racism (1933). No way to run a website (2013). Abolitionists unite! (1833)

What Eric Adams Is Getting Wrong About the Migrant Crisis

Errol Louis New York Magazine
No sensible New Yorker should believe for a moment that a stream of migrants — despite the daunting financial and logistical issues involved in giving them food and shelter, as required by law — can literally destroy our city.
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