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Victoria M. Massie

Victoria M. Massie

Former Race & Identities Reporter

    Latest articles by Victoria M. Massie

    A year after Mizzou protests, black students called racial slurs on campus
    Education

    “Quite frankly, WE. ARE. SICK. OF. THIS!”

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Sports
    President Obama wants Colin Kaepernick and his critics to listen to each other. But Kaepernick already does.President Obama wants Colin Kaepernick and his critics to listen to each other. But Kaepernick already does.
    Sports

    The president tried to find middle ground, and missed the point.

    By Victoria M. Massie
    A new school year. A new fight against affirmative action. This time at Harvard.
    Politics

    Harvard’s affirmative action case picks up where Fisher ended.

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Serena Williams refuses to be silent as black people continue to be killed by police
    Criminal Justice

    “As Dr. Martin Luther King said[,] ‘There comes a time when silence is betrayal.’”

    By Victoria M. Massie
    MacArthur fellow Kellie Jones is curating black artists’ rightful place in art history
    Culture

    “How are students going to write about works by artists they’ve never really seen that never come on view?”

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Politics
    Why asking black people about “black-on-black crime” misses the pointWhy asking black people about “black-on-black crime” misses the point
    Politics

    An honest conversation about violence in black communities needs to recognize that “black-on-black crime” is not simply black people’s making.

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Sports
    MLB catcher mocks Charlotte protesters, saying they should be “locked behind bars like animals”MLB catcher mocks Charlotte protesters, saying they should be “locked behind bars like animals”
    Sports

    The Seattle Mariners’ Steve Clevenger shows how not to respond to protests on Twitter.

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Claudia Rankine’s searing 2-page commentary on police brutality proves why she’s a MacArthur “genius”
    Culture

    Recent police shootings show her book Citizen remains all too timeless.

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Culture
    Marshawn Lynch on Kaepernick: I’d rather see him take a knee than raise his hands and be murderedMarshawn Lynch on Kaepernick: I’d rather see him take a knee than raise his hands and be murdered
    Culture

    The retired Seattle Seahawks running back supports Kaepernick’s protest.

    By Victoria M. Massie
    Kaepernick calls out his critics: “There’s a lot of racism in this country disguised as patriotism”
    Criminal Justice

    Colin Kaepernick speaks out after the recent police shooting of Terence Crutcher.

    By Victoria M. Massie