‘The only ones who stand to gain from this are the same people who always have. My people are angry and we should be.’
Jon Jeter
Jon Jeter is a contributing writer at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, who has also served stints at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and The Washington Post, among others.
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Critical race theory backlash would keep the truth hidden
Critical race theory is really just a proxy battle in a much larger war over dueling narratives…
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Juneteenth: a tribute to Blacks’ unflinching will to be free
As the story is usually told, the secular holiday known as Juneteenth began two months after the end of a bloody, four-year Civil War, when General Gordon Granger and 2,000 Union soldiers disembarked at Galveston Island, Texas in mid-June of 1865 and made a horrific discovery: Chattel slavery was still very much alive in Galveston. […]
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George Floyd did—and—did not change the world
The murder of George Floyd on a street corner in South Minneapolis a year ago this week has changed everything in America, and it has changed absolutely nothing.
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‘School hesitancy’ slows classroom re-openings
Many Black parents have ‘school hesitancy’ and resist a return to education as usual after the pandemic.
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Homelessness grows as globalization boosts housing costs
The median sales price for homes in cities from Minneapolis to Miami to Manhattan has increased by more than 50% since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008.
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Reparations: a philosophical exploration
Of all the details that need to be addressed in devising a workable plan for reparations, perhaps none is as immediate as the question of reparations for what, exactly?
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Killings of Arbery and Martin tragically similar
The fatal shooting of unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery bears a striking resemblance to that of Trayvon Martin.