<![CDATA[Stories by Russell Dinkins on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*m4GHk81K7-mcE-xK.jpg Stories by Russell Dinkins on Medium https://medium.com/@dancingdinks?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 Medium Sun, 17 May 2026 19:15:13 GMT <![CDATA[I mean this with love: y’all are misreading the Sha’Carri Richardson situation]]>

Structural racism absolutely exists, but that’s not why Sha’Carri was banned

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/i-mean-this-with-love-yall-are-misreading-the-sha-carri-richardson-situation-f3e6fe00ba6b?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/f3e6fe00ba6b Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:35:20 GMT 2021-07-09T16:53:29.288Z <![CDATA[Don’t Chastise the Left. Invite Them In With These Four Essential Steps]]>

What’s more important? Ensuring a Biden victory by proactively engaging with skeptics or criticizing the already uninspired?

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/dont-chastise-the-left-invite-them-in-with-these-four-essential-steps-5ff28a4d02b?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/5ff28a4d02b Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:05:10 GMT 2020-08-23T14:16:54.715Z <![CDATA[Anti-Semitism is wrong! So why do we only seem to hold Black people accountable for it?]]>

We seem to have a different standard for Black people who traffic in anti-semitism than we do for Republicans, Trump and others in power

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/anti-semitism-is-wrong-so-why-do-we-only-seem-to-hold-black-people-accountable-for-it-c65685a9a48b?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/c65685a9a48b Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:04:56 GMT 2020-07-17T12:04:56.917Z <![CDATA[Brown University, If You Were Actually Serious About Racial Justice You Would Not Be Cutting the…]]>

Brown University is cutting Men’s Track, a team with several Black athletes, and replacing it with sailing.

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/brown-university-if-you-were-actually-serious-about-racial-justice-you-would-not-be-cutting-the-d9e698b707e1?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/d9e698b707e1 Wed, 03 Jun 2020 03:11:30 GMT 2020-06-11T02:59:58.367Z <![CDATA[Black People, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay]]>

This stuff it hard. It’s okay to have difficulty with this. Allowing yourself space to just be with your emotions is essential to coping…

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/black-people-its-okay-to-not-be-okay-3770935c007c?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/3770935c007c Sun, 31 May 2020 23:06:28 GMT 2020-06-03T19:19:03.124Z <![CDATA[Voting Alone Won’t Solve This]]>

Simply voting for Biden will not end police brutality

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/voting-alone-wont-solve-this-d8ca7a55dcfb?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/d8ca7a55dcfb Sun, 31 May 2020 21:59:08 GMT 2020-05-31T21:59:08.071Z <![CDATA[It’s Not Enough to Say You’re Not Racist. You Have to Do the Work.]]>

White people, in particular, must take an active role in dismantling racism and implicit bias. Don’t be like Amy Cooper.

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/its-not-enough-to-say-you-re-not-racist-you-have-to-do-the-work-1943b64d604d?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/1943b64d604d Tue, 26 May 2020 21:18:31 GMT 2020-06-17T16:10:31.997Z <![CDATA[The VEEPstakes Show Why Token Representation is Problematic]]>

Are we actually interested in diversity or are we just interested in the appearance of it?

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/the-veepstakes-show-why-token-representation-is-problematic-3c91a0a2a1e8?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/3c91a0a2a1e8 Fri, 22 May 2020 19:00:26 GMT 2020-06-07T20:20:36.363Z <![CDATA[Boosie’s f*ckery reflects how our society treats sex as an achievement for teenage boys]]>

Society implicitly celebrates teenage male sexual expression as an achievement and as qualifier of manhood. That needs to change.

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]]> https://medium.com/@dancingdinks/boosies-f-ckery-reflects-how-our-society-treats-sex-as-an-achievement-for-teenage-boys-8d98ad5d279e?source=rss-5e4a7eb88f32------2 https://medium.com/p/8d98ad5d279e Wed, 20 May 2020 19:00:17 GMT 2020-05-20T21:46:35.114Z <![CDATA[Adam McBride says that the Black Death ended feudalism and that COVID-19 will also change our…]]>

I found Adam McBride’s article The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have a similar effect? to be really…

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