Jenée Desmond-Harris
Former Race, Law, and Politics Reporter
Latest articles by Jenée Desmond-Harris
People are starting to get that it’s not girls’ fault if their bodies are a “distraction.”
Anxiety over intimate contact explains why pools were harder to integrate than schools.
At just 14 and 15, they knew exactly what they saw and weren’t afraid to speak out.
This is the truest and most depressing assessment of what happened when police crashed the teens’ pool party.
Racism means some kids just can’t do certain things, if they want to survive.
A new law means if you write on a wall three times, you’re really in trouble.
These shocking charges are actually part of a pattern.
Plus: research reveals that they field offensive comments, are excluded from social events, and more.
It’s no big surprise that bigotry used to inform which soldiers were officially deemed heroes.
A new study suggests that unfair coverage reinforces stereotypes about African Americans.