January 1 - 7, 2021
On June 19, 2020, I made a commitment to educate myself on the
lingering effects of racism, discrimination, and bias in America. Every
day through June 18, 2021, I will read an article or book chapter,
listen to a
podcast, watch a movie or documentary, view a webinar, or do something
substantive to educate myself in these areas. As part of that
commitment, I will post to this blog each Friday with a list of what
I've done over the past week as well as any pertinent thoughts or
reflections.
Today's post covers the week of January 1-7, 2021.
Carousel Analytics takes a deep dive into Division 1 men's basketball coaching hires. Analysis of the data suggests that non-white coaches need more experience to get their first head coaching job and that they also plug into Division 1 coaching at lower levels than white coaches. Once hired for the top job, minority coaches have shorter tenures, on average, than white coaches do. Lots of interesting information here. H/T to Evan Stein for the recommendation.
Emmanuel Acho continues this series in a conversation with two well known interracial couples - Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban and Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo. The group discusses stereotypes within white and Black communities about interracial dating and marriage, how their own attitudes have changed since meeting their partners, and advice they give to others on combating the ignorance of friends and family.
This article from the Harvard Business Review discusses the importance of engaging men in gender equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives. Many male employees disengage from the topic because they see such initiatives as zero-sum in nature. The authors give several specific suggestions for how to demonstrate that men can indeed benefit from gender equity and show that companies with diverse and inclusive leadership teams are more profitable and successful.
CBS News 60 Minutes reviews the case of Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man who was tried and convicted for the same capital murder six separate times. In 2019, the United States Supreme Court overturned his conviction for prosecutorial misconduct. The case became a national story when the American Public Radio podcast In The Dark spent over a year in Winona, Mississippi, investigating the trials. Shortly after the Supreme Court ruling, the Mississippi Attorney General stated that the district attorney would not try the case again.
More on the Curtis Flowers case, this time from the Marshall Project. District attorneys in Mississippi and 44 other states are elected (not appointed), and many DAs run uncontested at the ballot box. A recent study showed 85 percent of incumbent district
attorneys ran unopposed in 10 states over a 10 year period. While the DA in this case, Doug Evans, has been repeatedly charged with misconduct and reprimanded by the courts, he remains in office and continues to try cases.
Deborah Cohen reviews the Rachel Holmes book Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel and Vanguard by Martha S. Jones. Pankhurst's story centers on the British suffrage movement of the early 20th century and her subsequent evolution as an activist. A key question for Pankhurst centered on alliances - should suffragists attempt to find common cause with other movements, or should they go it alone? Vanguard focuses more on the suffrage movement in the US and the lack of support from white suffragists for the voting rights of Black women and men.
This article from The Daily Princetonian details a number of racist incidents in the UEFA and EPL, mostly coming from fans directed toward players. Mesut Ozil, a Turkish-born midfielder who played in Germany, laments that the racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric has shifted from the fringe to the middle of European society. Though UEFA launched a public awareness program in 2016, incidents have continued over the last four years.
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