This Week in White Supremacy: Week 42

The GOP is scared of putting John McCain’s name on a building currently named after a segregationist. Slate
Florida’s GOP gubernatorial nominee says a vote for his Black opponent would ‘monkey this up’. CNN
How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses. ProPublica
Vermont’s only Black woman lawmaker pulls out of race in wake of online threats. HuffPost
Phillip Goff on the anniversary of Emmett Till’s murder. @DrPhilGoff
“Texas requires photo ID to vote. Now they’re proposing closing 87 DMV offices where you get ID. 78 counties will have no DMV office. This is same state where you can vote with gun permit but not student ID.” @AriBerman
Nearly every Native American woman in Seattle survey said she was raped or coerced into sex. Seattle Times
Indiana principal apologizes after using N-word during schoolwide assembly. Raw Story
The Tulsa police officer acquitted in the killing of an unarmed Black man is teaching a law enforcement class on surviving a critical incident. Public Radio Tulsa
Serena Williams is being policed for her blackness. CNN
“Betsy DeVos is leading a charge to rescind guidance that protects students of color, students with disabilities, & LGBTQ students from being disproportionately targeted for disciplinary measures in violation of their civil rights.” @NewYorkStateAG
Why racism is so entrenched in the fashion industry. Fast Company
Trump’s election warning is really about ‘scary Black people’. HuffPost
Man admits to burning Black man alive in letter to white supremacists. The Root
S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question. Washington Post
Muslim woman says TSA forced her to show her menstrual pad during airport screening. HuffPost
Angry white woman throws yard signs and threatens to kill Hispanic neighbors. Newsweek
How did Democrats lose the “Solid South?” New data reveal that racial attitudes explain virtually all of the party’s losses after Civil Rights legislation was passed. American Economic Review