From NYRB, Drew Gilpin Faust on John Hope Franklin, race and the meaning of America. Aziz Rana on race and the American creed: Recovering black radicalism. Deva Woodly on Black Lives Matter and the politics of race and movement in the 21st century. Derrick Jackson on race and representation in the twilight of the Obama era: Will the eight years of America’s first black president lead to more political voice for black citizens or less? Don’t settle for speeches: Fix the racial wealth gap. The federal job guarantee: Darrick Hamilton on a step toward racial justice. Michael Learmonth on why more black engineers aren’t being hired in Silicon Valley. Terrence McCoy on how companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks. Don James McLaughlin on the anti-slavery roots of today’s “-phobia” obsession: Before “homophobia” and “Islamophobia”, there was “colorphobia” and “Negrophobia”.
