Jenée Desmond-Harris
Former Race, Law, and Politics Reporter
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This bigotry has followed her for her entire career.


Paralympic athletes are inspiring. Celebrities edited to look like them are not.

The group’s goal is to “deal with the racism” among members and to “eliminate the racism within ourselves.”

You don’t understand racism, either.

This illustration, titled “The Lottery of Indecency,” is as depressing as it is accurate.


The first lady suggests pop culture could be a place to start.

The victims are mostly young and black. During the games alone, police killed eight people.


A total of $167,000 in back pay is going to officers Alicia White and William Porter.

Rio 2016 didn’t create racism, sexism, and homophobia — it just gave them a two-week platform.


Yes, the Birth of a Nation director was acquitted. All the more reason to tackle these dangerous myths.