Racism

A new anti-racist toolkit from the Farmers Market Coalition is designed to help managers of farmers markets think about messaging, vendor support and product availability.

Tiny Highland Community College in northeast Kansas attracts students from all over the country who attend on athletic scholarships. But in the last couple of years, the school has been sued for alleged hostility toward its Black student-athletes. Then the college president compared a Black football player to Hitler.

Controversy about the video centers on its mention of white privilege, a phrase that refers to inherent advantages that white people have over people of color on the basis of their race.

Under a proposed Parents' Bill of Rights, Kansas K-12 schools and libraries would no longer be exempt from obscenity laws, opening them to potential criminal charges if they distribute material found to be harmful to minors.

The president of Highland Community College compared a Black football player to Hitler, whom she praised as “a great leader.”

The episode illustrates an ongoing debate over lessons about racism and discrimination in Kansas schools.

The report offers dozens of other recommendations advocating for expanding tracking of demographic information, targeting use of COVID-19 relief funds and incentive programs to diversify workforces.

Critics say public schools are echoing liberal talking points in ways that breed white guilt and accelerate racial conflict.

Amid ongoing discussions about racial justice, the Roosevelt Institute is reflecting on the repercussions of FDR’s policy that sent Japanese and Japanese Americans into internment camps.

The Texas Freedom Colonies Project is holding an event Saturday at the Bullock Museum in Austin to talk about Black settlements in Texas and how people can help preserve their history.