This Week in White Supremacy: Week 64

When the suffrage movement sold out to white supremacy. New York Times
Blackface: The birth of an American stereotype. NMAAHC
Ralph Northam admits he was in 1984 yearbook photo showing figures in blackface, KKK hood. Washington Post
Northam’s med school banned yearbooks in 2013 due to racist photos. Talking Points Memo
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, second in line to be governor, admits he wore blackface. NBC News
The Republican majority leader of Virginia’s state Senate was the managing editor of a college yearbook featuring photos of people in blackface alongside other racist snapshots and slurs. NY Post
Fox News host Laura Ingraham weighed in on blackface controversies with the suggestion that Broadway hit “Hamilton” culturally misappropriates because Black actors play white historical figures. HuffPost
Gucci is the latest fashion brand to spark a blackface controversy. Vox
When Europeans arrived in the Americas, they caused so much death and disease that it changed the global climate, a new study finds. CNN
The new president of New York’s Metropolitan Republican Club boasted to members about advising a far-right group in Germany that endorses shooting migrants and forgetting the Holocaust, and flirts with Nazis. The Daily Beast
Cindy McCain thought she spotted human trafficking. But there was no crime, police say. New York Times
“Atlanta put all the houseless folks in jail for super bowl weekend. They disappeared them for the sake of preserving the city’s image.” @ClarissaMBrooks
Inmates at New York prison without power for days during polar vortex. Grist
White people calling the police on people of color for simply existing isn’t just annoying. It can be dangerous. Could the solution lie in how 9-1-1 workers dispatch calls? Colorlines
21 Savage’s arrest proves Trump’s culture war will come for everyone. GQ
LGBT police officers say they’ve faced horrible discrimination, and now they’re suing. USA Today
Liam Neeson’s comments show how racism and denial work hand in hand. Vox
George Zimmerman said he has sold the gun he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012 for $250,000. Reuters
Muslim inmate executed in Alabama after legal battle over imam’s presence. CNN
Sherrod Brown: “This country hasn’t dealt well with issues of race. We have a president who’s a racist.” @resistbot
ICE agents told hundreds of immigrants to show up to court or risk being deported. But lawyers say many of those hearings won’t happen because the dates ICE provided are fake. CBS News
Black man found dead hanging in a cell in the same jail where Sandra Bland died. The Root
Virginia police sergeant suspended after being linked to white nationalism by Antifa group. The Hill
“A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman. This isn’t an accident—it’s a failure of policy and justice, and one we can’t accept. We have a moral responsibility to right it.” @SenGillibrand