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Antiracism and America

A collaboration between The Guardian and American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, this is an ongoing series that sheds light on the structures at the root of racial inequities

9 May 2019

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    Trauma lives on in Native Americans by making us sick – while the US looks away

    Margaret Moss
    Physical and mental health illnesses are a reality for far too many Native Americans and so is the fact that they are routinely ignored by this country

2 May 2019

  • A growing movement is trying to address the health and wellbeing of black women during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States.

    The danger of being pregnant and black in America

    Miriam Zoila Pérez
    In the US, women of color face more risks in pregnancy and childbirth than white women, and the reason for the disparity has become clear: racism

25 April 2019

  • ‘The fluidity of border life has long represented an affront to the administrators of a nation that from its inception have drawn a bright, brutal line around racial groups.’

    The border wall isn't just a dividing line – it's a monument against racial progress

    Michelle García
    Many in south Texas see the border as a symbol of a national identity that not only excludes but also marginalizes them

18 April 2019

  • MALE BLACK for Antiracism series

    To end racial disparities in policing, we must look beyond the data

    Data shows black people in Oakland are much more likely than white people to be stopped, searched, handcuffed and arrested

11 April 2019

  • ‘When the kitchen becomes a place of business .. white faces are the ones that dominate ... The women of color fall out.’

    Queens of the kitchen: women hold power until the space becomes a business

    An incubator for female chefs of color is working to break the barriers women encounter in the restaurant industry

4 April 2019

  • Stories of transracial adoptees must be heard

    Stories of transracial adoptees must be heard – even uncomfortable ones

    Nicole Chung
    As a Korean American adoptee, the strength of my connection to my white family is what makes me feel safe, relatable, approachable to some

28 March 2019

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

    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

21 March 2019

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    Michael Tubbs on universal basic income: 'The issue with poverty is a lack of cash'

    Mayor of Stockton, California, is leading the way with a program involving 130 residents who will receive $500 a month over 18 months, no strings attached

14 March 2019

  • POC women and girls are often unfairly treated by police and others when crimes occur, racism causes unfair perceptions. Antiracism series

    The school-to-prison pipeline is getting worse for black and brown girls

    Jaquira Díaz
    In the US, black and Latinx girls are disproportionately punished and assaulted by school administrators for simple infractions such as showing emotions

7 March 2019

  • Sugar Cane slaves for AntiRacism series

    Bones that revealed a Texas town's forgotten racial past deserve respect

    Morgan Jerkins
    Last year workers in Sugar Land found remains believed to be black convict laborers. Now activists aim to give these men and women a final resting place

28 February 2019

  • Anand Giridharadas

    Anand Giridharadas: 'What wealthy people do is rig the discourse'

    Christopher Petrella
    The author of Winners Take All assesses the relationship between philanthropy and antiracism in an era of growing wealth among elite changemakers

21 February 2019

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    Are we racist? A family's conversation, illustrated

    In an excerpt from Mira Jacob’s graphic memoir Good Talk, a mother and son discuss the difference between bigotry and systemic oppression

14 February 2019

  • Moustafa Bayoumi

    I'm a brown Arab-American, and the US census refuses to recognize me

    Moustafa Bayoumi
    I, like millions of others, have waited for decades to see my reality in America counted. We’re still waiting

7 February 2019

  • Eddy Zheng

    Activist and ex-prisoner Eddy Zheng: 'How do we humanize each other?'

    The youth organizer, who spent two decades in California’s San Quentin prison, credits a grassroots education with saving his life

31 January 2019

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    Voter suppression carries slavery's three-fifths clause into the present

    Imani Perry
    The Georgia governor’s election was the latest example of how James Madison’s words continue to shape our views on race

24 January 2019

  • ‘Housing is central to the “good life” in the United States. At the same time, America’s governing bodies have abdicated a responsibility to house their residents to a private, profit-seeking sector that has played a historic role in the segregation of our cities and suburbs.’ Illustration by Alexandra Bowman

    Housing market racism persists despite ‘fair housing’ laws

    Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
    In the US, where homeownership speaks to class, African Americans are being denied mortgages at rates much higher than their white peers

16 January 2019

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    White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It's not

    Robin diAngelo
    While most of us see ourselves as ‘not racist’, we continue to reproduce racist outcomes and live segregated lives

10 January 2019

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    The divisiveness that permeates Detroit's communities of color

    Zahir Janmohamed
    Anti-black sentiment regularly goes unchecked in cities around Detroit, but that’s changing in the era of Trump

3 January 2019

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    Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages

    Mariame Kaba
    Black women have always been vulnerable to violence in the US. We have to address the systemic and cultural issues that contribute to this

20 December 2018

  • Oliver Milman

    Robert Bullard: ‘Environmental justice isn’t just slang, it’s real’

    Oliver Milman
    The ‘father of environmental justice’ spoke to the Guardian about how the civil rights movement has spilled into environmentalism
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