10 For Today in Black America

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  Michelle Douglas

  

  Supreme Court Tosses Murder Conviction of Curtis Flowers, Black Mississippi Man Who Was Tried Six Times

  nbcchicago.com - Mark Sherman

  The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor's efforts to …

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  Michelle Douglas

  

  UGA professor: We’re teaching black kids survival tactics rather than how to thrive

  ajc.com - Maureen Downey

  University of Georgia education professor Bettina L. Love set off a ruckus in a recent education journal with a column declaring that white teachers …

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  Michelle Douglas

  

  Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people

  The Guardian - Ijeoma Oluo

  Too often whites at discussions on race decide for themselves what will be discussed, what they will hear, what they will learn. And it is their space. All spaces are I was leaving a corporate office building after a full day of leading workshops on how to talk about race thoughtfully and …

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  Michelle Douglas

  

  

  A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism

  The New Yorker - Katy Waldman

  Robin DiAngelo argues that our largely segregated society is set up to insulate whites from racial discomfort, so that they fall to pieces at the first application of stress. In more than twenty years of running diversity-training and cultural-competency workshops for American companies, the …

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  Michelle Douglas

  Remembering The Black Origins Of Memorial Day

  theshadowleague.com - Posted byBy Ricardo A Hazell

  The Black impact on Memorial Day also always needs to be remembered. This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day to honor the men and women of the United …

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  Michelle Douglas

  May 27, 2019