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Sports
Deion Sanders Leaving Jackson State Is No Surprise in the Coaching World
His move to the University of Colorado is understandable in the college football world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t hurt given the pledges he had made to his historically Black institution.
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News
In Appalachia, Margo Miller Leads From a ‘Place of Courageous Joy’
“Transforming Spaces” is a new series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Margo Miller, the executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund, describes herself as a “proud Black mountain woman” in a region not widely known ...
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Newyork
Walker, Trump’s Celebrity Pick, Underscores Trump’s Fall
Donald Trump loved Herschel Walker. He told him so when he “fired” him from “Celebrity Apprentice.” As Trump put it: “You know how much I like you. I love you. I love you. I am not a gay man, and I love you, Herschel. Herschel, you’re fired.” As ...
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Sports
Black and Spanish: A National Team Starts to Reflect All of Its Nation
An increasingly diverse Spain squad is drawing in fans who had once seen it as a symbol of their country, but not necessarily of them.
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US
In Georgia, a Heated Senate Race Stirs Mixed Emotions in Black Voters
The contest might have been a showcase of Black political power in the Deep South. But many Black voters say Herschel Walker’s turbulent campaign has marred the moment.
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News
California Panel Sizes Up Reparations for Black Citizens
In the two years since nationwide social justice protests followed the murder of George Floyd, California has undertaken the nation’s most sweeping effort yet to explore some concrete restitution to Black citizens to address the enduring economic ...
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News
Discrimination Seeps Into Every Aspect of Home Buying for Black Americans
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers says discrimination is holding Black buyers back in all steps of the home buying process, starting with the rejection of a mortgage application.
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Newyork
Harvard, Herschel Walker and ‘Tokenism’
We are at a moment in which tokenism is on trial. This is true both in terms of the Supreme Court’s consideration of affirmative action in higher education and in terms of the candidacy of the former running back and political airhead Herschel Walker ...
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Newyork
Must I Mentor a White Law Student When I Requested a Black Mentee?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how racial dynamics can affect the obligations of mentorship.
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Books
How ‘Black Panther’ Builds Complex Characters From the Politics of Colonization
What ingredients make a hero or a villain? Despite so many film franchises’ attempts at bringing nuance to the dichotomy between good and evil ...