Index
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- AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) people, 158, 219
- ABC News, 114
- Abernathy, Ralph, 59
- abortion, 194
- Abrams, Robert, 135
- Abrams, Stacey, 134–138, 176–177, 189, 191, 217–221
- Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, 133
- affirmative action, 8, 194, 202–203
- Alabama, 201
- Alabama Forward, 201
- Allen v. Milligan, 201
- alt-right, 111–116
- American Freedom Party, 89
- American history, teaching of, 12
- American Renaissance, 89, 111
- Anderson, Martin Lee, 52
- Anglin, Andrew, 118, 123
- Anti-Defamation League, 123–124
- Antiracist Baby (Kendi), 190
- Apprentice, The, 86
- AP VoteCast, 177
- Arab Spring (2011), 143
- Arbery, Ahmaud, 145
- Arizona, 92
- Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, 156
- Arradondo, Medaria, 150
- Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) people, 158, 219
- Asian Americans, 158
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice, 205
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The, 46
- Atwood, Margaret, 198
- Austin, Lloyd, 186
- Babbitt, Ashli, 172
- backlash, right-wing, 11, 87–90, 93–95, 99–104
- Baker, Ella, 162
- Bakke, Allan, 203
- Baltimore, Md., 133
- Bannon, Steve, 115–116, 117
- Bass, Karen, 189
- Baton Rouge, La., 96, 98
- Beck, Glenn, 38, 57
- Bell, Sean, 70
- Benedict XVI, Pope, 44
- Benghazi, Libya, 117
- Biden, Joe, and administration
- and Stacey Abrams, 136
- and BLM, 177–178
- inauguration of, 175–176
- January 6 insurrection, 173–174
- and police reform, 182–183
- presidential campaign (2020), 159–167
- presidential election (2020), 168–169
- and QAnon, 172
- Big Boi, 44
- bin Laden, Osama, 40–41
- Birmingham, Ala., 208
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration, 131
- “Black Census,” 131
- Black churches, 19–20, 58
- Black Enterprise magazine, 48
- Black Futures Lab, 131, 161
- Black Lives Matter (BLM), 79–83
- and affirmative action programs, 205
- decline of, 192–196
- as organization, 106–110, 131
- origin of platform, 65
- and presidential election (2016), 120
- scandals in, 177–181
- Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, 161, 179
- Black Muslims, 69
- Black Panther (film), 130
- Black Panthers, 69, 108
- Black Twitter users, 60, 108
- Black Visions Collective, 107
- Black voters, 16–17, 35, 108–109, 161–162, 168, 176–177, 181
- Black Voters Matter, 135
- Blake, Jacob, 163
- BLM. see Black Lives Matter
- Bloomberg, Michael, 159
- Bluest Eye, The (Morrison), 198
- Booker, Cory, 159, 182
- “border crisis,” 90
- Border Patrol, 118–119
- Bouie, Jamelle, 40
- Bowers, Robert, 125
- Bratton, Bill, 93–94
- Breitbart, 115, 116, 117–118
- Breitbart, Andrew, 115
- Brennan Center for Justice, 135–136, 201
- Breyer, Stephen, 188–189
- Brooks, Cornell, 102
- Brown, Michael, 1, 72–74, 77–78, 81
- Brown v. Board of Education, 214
- Buchanan, Pat, 115–116
- Buffalo, N.Y., 13
- Bush, George H. W., 89
- Bush, George W., 17, 92, 98
- business community, 217–218
- Butterfield, G. K., 110
- Buttigieg, Pete, 159
- California, 90, 221
- Campbell, Sean, 181
- cancel culture, 122, 142
- Canedy, Dana, 130
- Capitol, storming of, 173–174, 215
- Capitol police, 173–174
- Capuano, Michael, 129
- Carmichael, Stokely, 59
- Carville, James, 17
- Castile, Philando, 96–97, 99, 145
- Castro, Julián, 159
- CBS This Morning, 52
- cell phone video, 70–71, 97
- Census Bureau, 216
- Center for American Progress, 220
- Center for Antiracist Research, 206–207
- Chaney, James, 135
- Change.org, 53
- Charleston, S.C., 13, 112
- Charlottesville, Va., 13, 112
- Chauvin, Derek, 148
- Chicago Defender, The, 41
- Chicago Sun-Times, 27
- Childs, J. Michelle, 189–190
- Christie, Chris, 77
- civilian shooting of police officers, 97–99
- Civil War, teaching of, 12
- Cleveland, Ohio, 180
- Clinton, Bill, 16–17, 95
- Clinton, Hillary
- Colin Kaepernick on, 100
- presidential campaign (2008), 29
- presidential campaign (2016), 95, 99–100, 103, 117
- and QAnon, 172
- responses to killings of Black men and police, 96, 98
- Clyburn, James, 16, 32, 160, 177–178, 190, 213, 220
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 78
- Coburn, Tom, 28
- Color of Change, 143–144, 206
- Combs, Sean “P. Diddy,” 53
- Comey, James, 94
- Commission on Civil Rights, 135
- Confederate statues, 112, 155
- Congress, 118th, 218
- Congressional Black Caucus, 109–110
- Congressional elections (2020), 176
- Connor, “Bull,” 156
- consent decrees, 119
- conservative talk shows, 87–88
- Conyers, John, 129
- Council of Conservative Citizens, 111
- COVID-19 pandemic, 152, 194, 199
- Cox, Laverne, 107
- Critical Race Theory, 142, 196–200
- Crump, Ben, 51–55, 57–58, 214
- Cruz, Ted, 189–190
- Cullors, Patrisse
- on 2020 election, 168
- and Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, 160–161
- confrontation of politicians, 109
- and decline of BLM, 106–107
- and January 6 insurrection, 174
- on Van Jones, 123
- and killing of Michael Brown, 79–80
- on Tyre Nichols, 193–194
- and origins of BLM, 65
- resignation from BLM, 177–181
- When They Call You a Terrorist, 132
- Cummings, Elijah, 133
- Cunningham, Kevin, 52–53
- DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), 92
- Daily Stormer, 112, 115, 118
- Dallas, Tex., 97–98
- Davids, Sharice, 126
- Davis, Troy, 42–48, 54, 58
- death penalty, 43–44
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 92
- Definers, 144
- Definers strategy, 144
- “Defund the Police,” 194, 220
- DEI. see diversity, equity and inclusion
- Demings, Val, 189
- Democratic National Convention (2004), 15
- Democratic National Convention (2016), 103
- Department of Homeland Security, 170
- DeSantis, Ron, 196–198, 200
- Descovich, Tina, 199
- DiAngelo, Robin, 131
- Discord (social media network), 112
- Ditka, Mike, 27
- diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), 140, 142, 194
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 194
- Douglass, Frederick, 25–26, 209, 216
- Drudge Report, 112
- Du Bois, W. E. B., 25–26
- Dukakis, Michael, 89
- Duke, David, 89, 111, 112, 114, 118, 123
- Durbin, Dick, 22
- Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), 44
- Ebony magazine, 75–76
- Edison Research, 160
- education, 8, 12, 143, 200
- Edwards, John, 16
- election denial, 170–173
- Electoral College, 222
- Electoral Justice Project, 130
- Elle magazine, 100
- El Paso, Tex., 144
- Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.), 13, 111
- Emmett Till Antilynching Act, 187–188
- Evers, Medgar, 134
- Facebook, 143–144
- Fair Fight, 137
- Fair Sentencing Act, 120
- Family Leadership Summit, 87
- Ferguson, Mo., 1, 3, 6, 71–76, 79
- First Step Act, 122–123
- Flamer, 198
- Florida, 50, 143, 196–199
- Floyd, George, 147–159. see also George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
- killing of, 147–149
- protests in response to killing of, 149–155, 215
- Republican response to killing of, 155–159
- Floyd, Gianna, 163
- Fort Bragg, 186
- Fort Cavazos, 186
- Fort Gregg-Adams, 186
- Fort Hood, 186
- Fort Lee (Virginia), 186
- Fort Liberty, 186
- Fox network, 56–57
- Fox News, 87, 197
- Frazier, Darnella, 148–149
- Frederick, Wayne, 214
- Freedom Summer, 134–135
- Freedom to Vote Act, 183
- Freeman, Emanuel, 74
- Freeman-Coulbary, Joy, 46
- Fulton, Sybrina, 53–54
- Furman v. Georgia, 45
- Gaetz, Matt, 124
- Gallup polls, 102, 170, 202, 218
- Galveston, Tex., 184
- Garcia Zarate, Jose, 119
- Garner, Eric, 1, 66–68, 71–72, 81
- Garza, Alicia
- and Hillary Clinton, 95, 100–101
- and decline of BLM, 106–107, 131
- and Ferguson, Mo., 80–82
- on killing of George Floyd, 150
- and presidential election (2016), 120–121
- as target of white supremacist, 143
- and voter registration, 161–162
- and Zimmerman verdict, 64
- Gaspard, Patrick, 220
- Gates, Henry Louis, 39–40, 55
- gay marriage, 218
- Gender Queer (Kobabe), 198
- George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, 182
- Georgetown University, 80
- Georgia, 43, 45, 47, 134–136, 176
- Glaude, Eddie, Jr., 75, 78
- Goldberg, Michelle, 206
- Goldwater, Barry, 115
- Goodman, Andrew, 135
- Goodman, Eugene, 171
- Gordon Granger, 184
- Gore, Al, 17
- Gorka, Sebastian, 118
- Granholm, Jennifer, 15
- Grant, Oscar, 70–71
- Gray, Freddie, 119
- Green, Makia, 175
- Green New Deal, 128
- Gregg v. Georgia, 45
- Grutter v. Bollinger, 203–204
- Guardian, The, 64
- Haaland, Deb, 126
- Haley, Nikki, 185
- Hammer, MC, 53
- Handmaid’s Tale, The (Atwood), 198
- Hannah-Jones, Nikole, 138–139
- Hannity, Sean, 56, 173
- Hansberry, Lorraine, 212
- Harper, Shaun, 175
- Harpo Productions, 139
- Harris, Kamala, 159, 161, 166, 176, 185, 187–189
- Harris, Leslie M., 139
- Harvard University, 203
- hate crimes, 110, 186–187
- Hate U Give, The (Thomas), 131
- Hawley, Josh, 174
- Hayes, James, 77
- Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS), 125
- Henderson, Wade, 53, 217
- Hewitt, Damon, 188
- Heyer, Heather, 113
- HIAS (Hebrew Immigration Aid Society), 125
- Hispanic people, 91–92. see also Latino people
- Holder, Eric, 45, 61, 75
- Horton, Willie, 89
- Howard University, 30, 43, 53, 156, 211–215
- How to Be an Antiracist (Kendi), 131
- Hurricane Katrina, 28
- “I Can’t Breathe,” 67
- Illinois State Senate, 19
- immigration, 86–89, 91–93, 119, 218–219
- incarceration, 63, 121–123
- InfoWars, 112, 144
- Ingraham, Laura, 173
- International Organization for Migration, 218
- interracial marriage, 218
- In These Times magazine, 47
- Ipsos, 217
- Jackson, Jesse
- Black pride, 216
- and Florida march, 54
- at funeral of Michael Brown, 77
- in Kenosha, Wisc., 164
- and Barack Obama, 19–20, 30–33, 35–36
- presidential campaigns (1984, 1988), 16
- Jackson, Jesse, Jr., 32
- Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 189–191, 201, 204–205, 208
- Jackson, Sarah J., 57
- Jackson, Stonewall, 112
- James, LeBron, 53, 81, 100
- January 6 insurrection, 173–174, 215
- Jealous, Benjamin, 43, 46, 54
- Jeantel, Rachel, 50
- “Jena Six,” 30–31
- Jewish people, 123–125
- John Birch Society, 115
- John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, 183
- Johnson, Derrick, 205
- Johnson, Dorian, 72, 74
- Johnson, Lyndon, 54, 202
- Johnson, Micah, 97–98
- Jones, Alex, 144
- Jones, Van, 121–123
- “Joshua generation,” 22, 33
- Joyner, Tom, 77
- judges, 222
- Juneteenth holiday, 184–185
- Justice, Tiffany, 199
- justice system, 63
- Kaepernick, Colin, 10, 100, 141
- Kaiser Family Foundation, 158
- Kardashian, Kim, 121
- Kemp, Brian, 135–136
- Kendi, Ibram X., 131, 190, 206
- Kennedy, John F., 202
- Kenosha, Wisc., 163–164
- Kerry, John, 15–16, 17, 20, 22
- Kessler, Jason, 112
- Keyes, Alan, 27
- Khan, Khizr, 103
- King, Louis, 152
- King, Martin Luther, III, 77
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 25–26, 58–59, 69, 108, 216
- King, Rodney, 70
- King, Shaun, 113
- KKK (Ku Klux Klan), 89–90, 135
- Klobuchar, Amy, 159
- Kruger, Leondra, 189–190
- Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 89–90, 135
- Kushner, Jared, 121–122
- Ladner, Joyce, 110
- Lamar, Kendrick, 130
- Lancet, The, 67–68
- Latino people, 7–10, 90–93. see also Hispanic people
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 188
- Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 53
- Lee, Robert E., 112–114
- Lee, Spike, 77
- Lewis, John, 31–32, 46, 102, 129, 178, 213. see also John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
- LGBTQ community, 82, 194–195, 198–200
- Licht, Chris, 52
- Limbaugh, Rush, 38, 57, 86
- Long, Gavin, 98
- Los Angeles, Calif., 180
- Lugar, Richard, 28
- Lusane, Clarence, 156
- lynching, 186–188
- MacPhail, Mark Allen, 42
- Madrigal, Alexis C., 59
- MAGA (Make America Great Again) slogan, 103, 215, 220
- Malcolm X, 59, 69, 108
- Manhattan Institute, 197
- Manjoo, Farhad, 60
- Marlowe, Jen, 47
- marriage, 218
- Marshall, Thurgood, 45, 153, 203
- Martin, Tracy, 52, 57
- Martin, Trayvon, 1, 49–57, 64, 72, 214
- Martin family, 52–53, 77, 214
- mass incarceration, 121, 142
- McCain, John, 28
- McConnell, Mitch, 122, 175, 182–184
- McInnes, Gavin, 125
- Mckesson, DeRay, 102
- McMichael, Gregory, 145
- McMichael, Travis, 145
- McSpadden, Lezley, 74
- Meadows, Mark, 197
- media, right-wing, 56
- media attention, 58–59
- Memphis, Tenn., 193
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 205
- midterm elections (2010), 40
- midterm elections (2018), 126
- military bases, 185–186
- Miller, Stephen, 117
- Million Hoodie March, 53
- Minneapolis, Minn., 96, 147–152, 155
- Mitchell, Mary, 27
- Moms for Liberty, 199
- Monae, Janelle, 53
- Morial, Marc, 219
- Morrison, Toni, 198
- “Moses generation,” 22, 33
- MS-13 (Salvadoran street gang), 133
- “Muslim ban,” 118
- NAACP, 43, 46, 58–59, 153, 186
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 134, 201, 205
- NASCAR, 155, 185
- National Action Network, 205
- National Domestic Workers Alliance, 64, 131
- National Football League (NFL), 10, 100, 141, 155
- National Guard, 75
- National Medical Association, 94
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, 94
- National Policy Institute, 112
- National Review, 115
- National Urban League, 59, 219
- Nation of Islam, 69
- Nellie (celebrity), 53
- New College of Florida, 198
- New Georgia Project, 135
- New Orleans, La., 28
- New York Amsterdam News, 69
- New York City, 66
- New Yorker, The, 81–82
- New York Police Department (NYPD), 69, 70, 93–94, 96
- New York State, 96
- New York Times, 121, 129–131, 151. see also 1619 Project
- NFL. see National Football League
- Nichols, Tyre, 193–194
- Nielsen polls, 130
- Nixon, Jay, 75
- Nixon, Richard, 105, 115, 202
- Northwestern University, 139
- NYPD. see New York Police Department
- Oakland, Calif., 70
- Oath Keepers, 111, 171–172
- Obama, Barack, and administration
- and Stacey Abrams, 136
- “birther” claims against, 86
- and BLM, 2–4, 107–108
- commencement address at Howard University, 211–215
- DNC speech (2004), 15–16, 20–27
- early years, 18–19
- and immigration reform, 92
- and Jesse Jackson, 19–20, 30–33, 35–36
- and January 6 insurrection, 173
- and John Kerry, 20, 22
- and killing of Michael Brown, 75–77
- and killing of Troy Davis, 42–48
- and killing of George Floyd, 150
- and killing of Trayvon Martin, 54–55, 61–63
- presidential campaign (2008), 28–36
- and QAnon, 172
- Republican criticism of, 102
- responses to killings of Black men and police, 97–98, 101–102
- Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration, 2007, viii
- on Donald Trump, 133
- in U.S. Senate, 27–28
- Obama, Michelle, 27, 98, 207
- Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 126–129
- O’Connor, Sandra Day, 203–204
- Ohio Student Association, 77
- Omar, Ilhan, 126, 129
- Onkeles-Klein, Lauren, 97
- Orbán, Viktor, 124
- O’Reilly, Bill, 56, 87–88
- O’Reilly Factor, The, 87–88
- Orlando Sentinel, 51
- Oscar awards, 130
- Ossoff, Jon, 176–177
- Owens, Candace, 122
- Packnett, Brittany, 102
- Palmer, Tamika, 180
- Pantaleo, Daniel, 66–67, 81
- Parks, Rosa, 153, 213
- Pelosi, Nancy, 128, 172, 177
- Pence, Mike, 172–173
- Petraeus, David, 186
- Pew Research Center, 63, 77, 93, 94, 168, 194
- Pfeiffer, Dan, 137
- Pittsburgh, Pa., 125
- Poe, Tef, 74
- police, 39
- attitudes towards, 93
- behavior, 119
- civilian shooting of, 97–99
- reform, 181–183
- violence, 68, 69–71, 75, 132, 135, 193, 214
- Pollock, Jason, 72
- Pompeo, Mike, 117
- post-racial society, 25, 211
- Powell, James, 69
- presidential campaigns
- 1984, 16
- 1988, 16
- 2008, 28–36
- 2016, 85–93, 95–101, 103, 117
- 2020, 159–167
- presidential elections
- Pressley, Ayanna, 126, 129
- Prince (musician), 53
- Princeton University, 75, 78
- prison reform, 121–123
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 142
- progressive whites, 11
- Proud Boys, 111, 125, 165–166, 171–172, 199
- public schools, 8
- Pulitzer Prizes, 131, 139
- Pulley, Aislinn, 101
- Putin, Vladimir, 116
- QAnon, 172
- qualified immunity, 182
- Race and Equity Center, 175
- Rainbow Coalition, 17
- RAND Corporation, 174
- Reagan, Ronald, 92, 105, 115
- redistricting, 201
- “replacement theory,” 111, 124, 194
- reproductive rights, 194
- Republican Party, 11, 13, 35–38, 194–195, 199
- Reynolds, Diamond, 96
- Rice, Tamir, 180
- riots, 24, 74, 172–174
- Risher, Richard, 180
- Rittenhouse, Kyle, 163–164
- Rivera, Geraldo, 57
- Robinson, Rashad, 143–144, 188
- Roe v. Wade, 194
- Rolling Stone magazine, 38
- Romney, Mitt, 38, 183
- Roof, Dylann, 111–112
- Root, The, 60
- Roy, Chip, 187
- Rufo, Christopher, 196–199, 207
- Rush, Bobby, 19
- Russia, 116
- Rustin, Bayard, 82
- Ryan, Jack, 27
- Sanders, Bernie, 109, 159
- Sanford, Fla., 50
- San Francisco, Calif., 84–85
- Santelli, Rick, 38
- Scalia, Antonin, 190
- school boards, 200
- Schumer, Chuck, 134
- Schwerner, Michael, 135
- Scott, Tim, 182
- Second Civil Rights Movement, 9–10
- Seefried, Kevin, 170–171, 173
- Selma, Ala., 31, 33
- Senate, 221–222
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 28
- Senate Intelligence Committee, 116
- Sentencing Project, 122
- September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 26
- Serino, Christopher, 51
- Sessions, Jeff, 117, 119–120, 121, 122, 134
- 1776 Commission, 141–142
- Shapiro, Ben, 116
- Sharpton, Al
- and Joe Biden, 184
- and killing of Sean Bell, 70
- and killing of Michael Brown, 77–78
- and killing of George Floyd, 153–154
- and killing of Eric Garner, 67
- and killing of Trayvon Martin, 53–54
- and Barack Obama, 29–30, 46, 102, 213
- Shelby County v. Holder, 134, 200
- Sherrod, Shirley, 40
- Sicknick, Brian D., 174
- Silverstein, Jake, 139
- Simon, Paul, 19
- 1619 Project, 138–143, 198
- Slate, 40, 60
- Small, Delrawn, 96
- SNCC. see Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Snoop Dogg, 77
- social media, 55–65, 86
- Soros, George, 124–125
- Souljah, Sister, 17
- South Carolina, 160
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 58
- Southern Horrors (Wells), 187
- Southern Poverty Law Center, 124
- Spencer, Richard, 112, 114
- SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center), 110, 199
- Squad, 126–130
- Steinle, Kate, 85, 87, 88–89, 119
- Stephens, Bret, 139
- Sterling, Alton, 96, 145
- Stevenson, Adlai, III, 19
- Stevenson, Bryan, 141
- St. John’s Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.), 158
- St. Louis, Mo., 78–79
- St. Louis Rams, 81
- Stop AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Hate, 158
- “Stop and Frisk,” 39
- “Stop the Steal” speech, 171
- Stop WOKE Act (Florida), 196
- Stranger Fruit (documentary), 72
- Stryker, Jon, 141
- Stryker, Pat, 141
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 108, 110, 178
- Supreme Court, 8, 134, 188–190, 194, 200, 201–202
- systemic racism, 142
- talk shows, conservative, 87–88
- Task Force on 21st Century Policing, 76
- Taylor, Breonna, 145–146, 180
- Taylor, Jared, 89, 111
- Taylor, Jordan, 47–48
- Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta, 47
- Tea Party, 38
- television, 58–59
- Texas educational curricula, 143
- Thebault, Reis, 57
- This Book Is Gay, 198
- Thomas, Angie, 131
- Thomas, Clarence, 45, 47, 201, 204
- Till, Emmett, 53–54, 187, 214. see also Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- Time magazine, 82–83, 106, 120, 130, 140
- Tlaib, Rashida, 126, 129
- Tometi, Opal, 65, 80, 81–82, 106, 131–132, 156
- Trump, Donald, and administration
- backlash against, 127, 140–141
- and COVID-19 pandemic, 152
- and events in Charlottesville, Va., 113–115
- false election claims, 133
- impeachment trials of, 175
- and January 6 insurrection, 170–173
- on Colin Kaepernick, 100
- and Barack Obama, 39, 41
- Barack Obama on, 133
- online posts of, 144–145
- on Pittsburgh killings, 125–126
- and presidential campaign (2016), 85–87, 89–90, 99, 101, 103
- and presidential election (2016), 104–105
- and Republican Party, 207
- responses to killings of Black men and police, 99
- and Russia, 117
- Trump, Fred, 90
- 21 Savage, 132
- Underwood, Lauren, 126
- UnidosUS, 205
- United States
- demographic changes, 7, 10
- as white-majority country, 216
- “Unite the Right” rally, 112
- University of California, Davis, 203
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 11
- University of North Carolina, 203
- University of Pennsylvania, 57
- University of Southern California, 175
- University of Virginia, 112
- Urban League, The, 205
- USA Today, 64, 217
- U.S.-Mexico border wall, 93, 118
- Waithe, Lena, 107
- Walker, William, 175
- Wallace, Chris, 165
- Wall Street Journal, 93
- Walt Disney Company, 198
- Walters, Ron, 30
- Warnock, Raphael, 44, 176–177
- Warren, Elizabeth, 159
- Washington Post, 40, 46, 57, 86–87, 99, 109, 110, 114, 181
- Watts, Daniel J., 67
- Welker, Kristen, 167
- Wells, Ida B., 187
- West, Cornel, 41
- West, Kanye, 121
- When They Call You a Terrorist (Cullors), 132
- white backlash, among Trump supporters, 93
- white evangelical voters, 12
- White Fragility (DiAngelo), 131
- White House Press Office, 45
- white supremacy and supremacists, 89, 111, 113–114, 145, 170, 215
- Wilson, Darren, 72–73, 81
- Winfrey, Oprah, 136, 139
- “woke” culture, 143, 196, 200, 217
- women in Congress, 126
- Women’s March (2017), 130
- Woodly, Deva, 155
- World Migration Report, 218
- Wray, Christopher, 145
- Wright, Jeremiah, 33–34
- Wyoming, 221
- Yang, Andrew, 159
- Young, Andrew, 30
- Youngkin, Glenn, 199
- Zarate, Jose Garcia, 84–85, 87
- Ziegler, Bridget, 199
- Ziegler, Christian, 199
- Zimmerman, George, 50–51, 53, 55–57, 60–61, 64