Gene Demby
Stories
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Race & Identity
When White Extremism Seeps Into The Mainstream
Professor Kathleen Belew explains how people on the mainstream right become radicalized, and why white nationalism grew so influential after the Vietnam War.
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Politics
Who Is The White Vote?
NPR discusses the racial breakdown of current exit polls and how the electorate is changing.
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Race & Identity
How The Recent Black Lives Matter Movement Gained Increased White Support
Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have taken place all over the U.S. in the last few weeks, and recent polls show big jumps in white support for the movement over previous years.
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Food
When McDonald's Was A Road To Black Liberation
The historian Marcia Chatelain's new book, Franchise, outlines a forgotten history of McDonald's as a site of social protest and a mechanism black entrepreneurs hoped might spur black liberation.
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National
White Supremacy Has Never Been Fringe
Just as it did at the end of the 19th century — an era of racist lynchings and massacres — the idea that a less-white populace poses a danger to the United States continues to enjoy wide purchase.
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The Mothers Who Fought To Radically Reimagine Welfare
Black women have long been used as symbols in debates over welfare, but a movement of poor black women who fought to radically redefine aid to the poor as a guaranteed right has been mostly forgotten.
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Politics
Why Calls For Racial Dialogue Rarely Lead To Actual Conversations
Over the weekend, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called for more conversations about race. But the calls for productive dialogue around race rarely lead to them.
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Politics
Does Trump Single Out Women And Minorities In Attacks On The Press Corps?
President Trump's attack on the press intensified this week, including angry comments directed at a number of black female reporters.
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National
Does Intent Ever Matter When It Comes To Blackface?
NBC's Megyn Kelly opened a pandora's box this week when she said she didn't understand why blackface on Halloween is a problem. The issue and the debate around intent seems to resurface every year.