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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-national-geographic-is-facing-its-racist-history by Charlayne Hunter-Gault 27/3/18 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-national-geographic-is-facing-its-racist-history by Charlayne Hunter-Gault 27/3/18 PBS NEWS] | ||
National Geographic has long provided a unique lens to view the world -- one that has sometimes distorted the lives of people of color. Now the 130-year-old magazine turns the lens on itself, with an issue devoted to the topic of race and an apology for past portrayals by editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with Goldberg to discuss that reckoning. | National Geographic has long provided a unique lens to view the world -- one that has sometimes distorted the lives of people of color. Now the 130-year-old magazine turns the lens on itself, with an issue devoted to the topic of race and an apology for past portrayals by editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with Goldberg to discuss that reckoning. | ||
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[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/pain-and-terror-americas-history-of-racism by The Guardian 29/4/18] | |||
Black men were lynched for “standing around”, for “annoying white girls”, for failing to call a policeman “mister”. Those are just a few of the horrific stories on display at a new national memorial to lynching victims in Montgomery, Alabama. | |||
