African Americans | Watching America

South Africa: Trump’s Color-Blind America: A Dangerous Illusion for People of Color

Lalatendu Das - February 11, 2025. Published in Mail and Guardian

Racism in America is not a relic of the past; it is a lived reality for millions.

France: Death Penalty: Joe Biden’s Big Gesture

Lalatendu Das - December 28, 2024. Published in Le Monde

The U.S. president commuted the sentences of 37 death row inmates on Monday. Donald Trump has railed against this clemency.

Zimbabwe: Withdrawal Symptoms of US Dollar Addiction Will Be Painful

Lalatendu Das - October 1, 2024. Published in The Sunday Mail

Poland: Latinos and African Americans — Donald Trump’s New Voting Base

Danuta Kowalska - October 10, 2023. Published in Rzeczpospolita

Black voters not only favor Trump, but also favor several other Republican presidential candidates.

India: America’s Rulers

Lalatendu Das - July 18, 2023. Published in The Statesman

Affirmative Action had opened the doors for Blacks ... to join the American ruling classes through the portals of elite universities.

Mauritius: The Limits of Law as a Social Tool

Lalatendu Das - July 16, 2023. Published in Mauritius Times

In 2022, over 60,000 people applied for admission to Harvard; fewer than 2,000 were admitted.

India: Watershed Moment

Lalatendu Das - July 6, 2023. Published in The Statesman

Critics of the [Supreme Court] decision argue that the 6-3 ruling in favor of neutrality denies the U.S.A.'s history of racial injustice.

Tanzania: US Supreme Court Ruling a Big Blow to Affirmative Action

Lalatendu Das - July 6, 2023. Published in The Citizen

At its core, affirmative action represented a response to centuries of oppression and discrimination suffered by Blacks in America.

U.A.E.: Hypocrisy Is at the Heart of US Supreme Court Judge’s Opposition to Affirmative Action

Lalatendu Das - July 6, 2023. Published in The National

Justice Clarence Thomas benefited from the programs he is now arguing against.

India: Serena, Take a Bow…

Lalatendu Das - September 6, 2022. Published in Deccan Chronicle

Serena helped change the very perception of women, particularly Black women, in sport.

U.K.: Serena Williams Showed the World That Black Women Excel. That Has Changed Us All

Lalatendu Das - September 3, 2022. Published in The Guardian

Born in the same year as the tennis champion, I watched her face countless obstacles – and become the greatest of all time.

Tanzania: Is Any Place in America Safe in the Wake of Mass Shootings?

Lalatendu Das - July 7, 2022. Published in The Citizen

The most recent mass shooting in the United States ... underlined the fact that -- in a nation awash with guns -- no community is immune.

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