Tag: Darryl Fears

  • Two-hundred forty years after the first Independence Day, Americans still live by the same color codes established before the nation’s birth. We mark each other by complexion. We assign meaningless stereotypes to people according to skin color. We adore and fear and hate people on the basis of how light or dark they are. Race,…

  • Racism twists and distorts everything The Washington Post 2016-07-08 Darryl Fears, National Enviromental Reporter For three straight mornings, I’ve eaten breakfast sprinkled with madness. Throughout this week that started with July 4, I’ve woken to horrible news that was tough to swallow. Like everyone else, I watched videos that captured the nation’s racial angst —…

  • A complicated family history places black Md. woman in DAR’s ranks The Washington Post 2013-06-29 Darryl Fears Reisha Raney’s role in Friday night’s Daughters of the American Revolution ceremony for the military was minor. She carried Virginia’s flag in a procession that walked a few steps down a carpeted aisle at Constitution Hall and then…

  • Who is George Zimmerman? The Washington Post 2012-03-23 Manuel Roig-Franzia Tom Jackman Darryl Fears The shooter was once a Catholic altar boy — with a surname that could have been Jewish. His father is white, neighbors say. His mother is Latina. And his family is eager to point out that some of his relatives are…