New and Noteworthy

• Editorial: On racism, the chasm between Catholic sisters and bishops is vast by National Catholic Reporter

• Two men charged for allegedly vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural in California by Amanda Jackson CNN

• British police arrest 11 people for online racist abuse following Euro 2020 final by James Briggs CNN/Microsoft News

• Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women's Digital Resistance by Moya Bailey Reviewed by Amber D. Dodd National Catholic Reporter

• Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll Reviewed by Diana L. Hayes National Catholic Reporter

• Racism probe as 'bananas thrown at Cardiff City academy players' by Kate Morgan BBC

• Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church's 'racial divide' by Jesse Bogan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch/National Catholic Reporter

• Racist young woman with 'Death before Dishonour' tattoo is filmed on train threatening to stab commuters and using N-word as she hurls abuse at fellow passengers by Bhvisnya Patel Daily Mail

• 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans by Aron Morrison The Associated Press

• Proud Boys leader pleads guilty for burning church’s Black Lives Matter banner by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• Euro 2020: Five people arrested over racist abuse of England players by Emma Harrison BBC News

• England captain Harry Kane criticises fans who racially abused Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho & Bukayo Saka by BBC News

• An Interview with Gloria Purvis on the Catholic Response to Racism by Brian Fraga Patheos

• 8 Steps Toward Being an Antiracist Parent by The Antiracism Task Forde at St. Ignatius Catholic Church Ignatian Spirituality Network

• What is critical race theory? Explaining the discipline that Texas' governor wants to "abolish" by Isabella Zou The Texas Tribune

• How bad is racism in the United States? What Trump unleashed by Niall O'Dowd Irish Central

• An Interview with Gloria Purvis on the Catholic Response to Racism by Brian Fraga Patheos

• UN Rights Chief: Reparations Needed for People Facing Racism by James Keaten The Associated Press

• Anti-Racism: Original Sin Repackaged by David Carlin The Catholic Thing

• What Does "Systemic Racism" Mean? by Jane the Actuary Patheos

• Wisconsin lawmaker offers bill to ban teaching of critical race theory in DC schools by Celine Castronuovo NewsBreak

• Germany withdraws platoon from Nato mission in Lithuania. Germany has recalled a platoon from a Nato mission in Lithuania after reports emerged of troops engaging in racist and anti-Semitic behaviour, as well as sexual assault. by BBC News

• An altar call for action on racial justice at CTSA convention by Heidi Schlumpf National Catholic Reporter

• Lawsuit claims racial discrimination in treatment of clergy abuse survivors by WDJT-TV Ch. 58

• Black Catholics are leaving the church. Why? by Father Bryan Massingale U.S.Catholic

• Boy, 14, ‘was racially abused’ before being stabbed to death in Birmingham Six people have been arrested following death of Dea-John Reid on Monday evening by Jessica Murray and Vikram Dodd The Guardian

• Teaching Materials on Antisemitism and Racism by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

• Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ 100 years after massacre by Peter Smith Religion News Service

• Resources to Understand Racism in the United States by Meilan Solly Smithsonian Magazine

• State GOP lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism by Bryan Anderson The Associated Press

• Deep-rooted racism, discrimination permeate US military by Kat Stafford, James Laporta, Aaron Morrison, and Helen Wieffering The Associated Press

• Century after massacre, Black Tulsans struggle for a voice by Sean Murphy The Associated Press

• On anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Catholic leaders say Church must do more by John Lavenburg Crux

• Floyd legislation reveals divide in police-reform movement by Aaron Morrison and Emily Swanson The Associated Press

• Ahead of Andrew Brown Jr’s funeral, North Carolina clergy cry out for justice by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• 100 years later, Black church leaders seek reparations for Tulsa massacre by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

• In a Small Town, a Battle for Racial Justice Confronts a Bloody Past and an Uncertain Future by Carli Brosseau The News & Observer/ProPublica

• Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM by Robert Mackey and Travis Mannon The Intercept

• How a Genetic Trait in Black People Can Give the Police Cover.Sickle cell trait has been cited in dozens of police custody deaths ruled accidental or natural, even though the condition is benign on its own, a Times investigation found. by Michael LaForgia and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries The New York Times

• Fauci says pandemic exposed ‘undeniable effects of racism’ by The Associated Press

• Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide by Human Rights Watch

• Racial Justice and the Catholic Church by Bryan N. Massingale Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

• Chicago interfaith leaders decry violence against Asian Americans by Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service

• I'm a Filipina American and racism makes me afraid for me, for my family by Clarissa V. Aljentera National Catholic Reporter

• Georgetown panel discusses Jesuit response to slavery by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter

• By pledging $100 million for slave descendants, Jesuits are ‘owning’ their history by John Lavenburg Crux

• Purity culture, racism and the violence against Asian by Flora x. Tang America

• We need more from the Catholic bishops than a mixed response to racism; Catholics deserve better leadership from the bishops in the struggle against racism. by Thomas Reese Religion News Service

• Panel: Racism compounds the clergy sex abuse crisis for Black Catholics by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter

• Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP by Steve People The Associated Press

• Ohio bar owner bans NBA in his pub until LeBron James is "expelled"Bar owner plans to stop showing NBA games until LA Lakers star and Black Lives Matter advocate LeBron James is "expelled". by Shane O'Brien Irish Central

• Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP by Steve People The Associated Press

• Student alleges Florida State fostered racist, ‘hostile environment’ toward Palestinians by Marie-Rose Sheinerman The Forward

• Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd by Grace Hauck, N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Tami Abdollah, Kevin McCoy, and Eric Ferkenhoff USA TODAY

• A 'small start': Catholic leaders react to the Derek Chauvin conviction by Christopher White National Catholic Reporter

• Closures of Catholic schools in Black neighborhoods provoke sense of abandonment by Alexander Thompson National Catholic Reporter

• The Dangerous World of Kendi’s Antiracism by George Yancey Patheos

• Rotorua’s John Paul College orders independent investigation after racism allegations by CathNews New Zealand

• When Catholic nuns took on the Klan in court and won by Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans Global Sisters Report

• Priests in Daunte Wright's community urge Catholics to fight racism, police violence by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter

• Panel: Catholics, white Americans must reckon with their role in violence against Asian women by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter

• The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs Reviewed by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

• Black and Asian Christian leaders discuss role of church in fighting racism by Emily McFarlan Mille Religion News Service

• The passion of George Floyd. What the unjust crucifixion of Jesus teaches us about how Black bodies are treated today. by Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J. U.S.Catholic

• Editorial: Catholics must do more to reject anti-Asian discrimination, violence by NCR Editorial Staff National Catholic Reporter

• The United States should consider reparations to Black Americans. Germany can show the way. by Nicholas Misukanis America

• Gun Violence is a Racial Justice Issue by Brady

• US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism by Charles Kamasaki Brookings

• MLB to move All-Star Game from Georgia by David Close CNN

• Steven Spielberg to donate his Genesis Prize winnings to racial justice organizations by Ron Kampeas The Forward

• ‘A lot of work to do’: A Black female rabbi on the anti-racist progress the Jewish community has, and hasn’t, made by Maya Shwayder The Forward

• After Half Century in Prison, Elderly Black Panther Should Not Be Left to Die by Natasha Lennard The Intercept

• Gregory: 'Healing of America's soul' needed to end racism by Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Genius: Aretha Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos

• Illinois city 1st in US to offer Black residents reparations by The Associated Press

• Tackling racism is difficult work, but it must be done, says Bishop Fabre by Ruby Thomas Catholic News Service/Catholic San Francisco

• Asian women say shootings point to relentless, racist tropes by Terry Tang and Christine Dernando The Associated Press

• We simply feel forgotten about:’ 9 Asian American Jews speak by Talya Zax and Zachariah Sippy The Forward

• Birth of a Movement. Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church by Olga M Sebura Reviewed by Brian Prega Patheos

• Tackling racism is difficult work, but it must be done, says Bishop Fabre by Ruby Thomas Catholic News Service/Catholic San Francisco

• Asian women say shootings point to relentless, racist tropes by Terry Tang and Christine Dernando The Associated Press

• We simply feel forgotten about:’ 9 Asian American Jews speak by Talya Zax and Zachariah Sippy The Forward

• EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans by Christine Fernnando and Terry Tangen The Associated Press

• Asian Americans grieve, organize in wake of Atlanta attacks by Terry Tanf The Associated Press

• Report Shows Extent of Anti-Asian Violence Over the Past Year by Brittney McNamara Teen Vogue

• Announcer Caught on Open Mic Using Racial Slur at Basketball Game by Maria Cramer The New York Times

• A thoughtful, theological analysis of the current racial conflict in our culture by Eduardo Echeverria The Catholic World Report

• The Crucial Role of Heart Health in Black Maternal Mortality. There's an undeniable connection. by Nikesha Elise Williams SELF

• Feds Investigating Lender That Sued Thousands of Lower-Income Latinos During Pandemic.. by Kiah Collier and Ren Larson ProPublica

• Meghan’s racism claims come as no surprise to Black Britons by Jill Lawless The Associated Press

• Bloody Sunday Memorial Honors Late Civil Rights Giants by The Associated Press

• Support Black-Owned Businesses: 181 Places to Start Online by Sophia Conti Website Planet

• 6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published for racist images by Mark Prastt The Associated Press

• Victims of anti-Asian attacks reflect a year into pandemic by Terry Tang The Associated Press

• The Black Panthers and the Gospel of Mark by Clint Schnekloth Patheos

• Human Rights Campaign urges Black church LGBTQ acceptance via video by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

• Black Lives Matter and Mary Lange by Henry Karlson Patheos

• Lives of People Enslaved to the Jesuits: Black History, Memory, and Reconciliation by Billy Critchley-Menor, SJ The Jesuit Post

• AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter opens up about its finances by Aaron Morrison The Associated Press

• Black Lives Matter. And Mary Lange: God’s Servants Promote The Dignity Of The Marginalized by Henry Karlson Patheos

• For a Church That is Unafraid to Welcome Black People by Christopher Smith, SJ The Jesuit Post

• The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne Reviewed by Chris Byrd National Catholic Reporter

• Judas and the Black Messiah Reviewed by Richard Brody The New Yorker

• The Black Church Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos

• American Jews are taking a hard look at racism in their midst by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• A History of Black History Month by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ The Jesuit Post

• A Recent Wave of Attacks on Asian Americans Has Communities on Edge by Los Angeles Magazine

• The hidden history of Black Catholic nuns in the U.S. Generations of black Catholic women “fought against racism in order to answer God’s call in their lives,” says Dr. Shannen Dee Williams, author of Subversive Habits: The Untold Story of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States. by Catholic News Agency The Catholic World Report

• People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Doesn’t Live That Long. by Alec MacGillis ProPublica

• ‘Tuskegee Effect’: Suspicion of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Black Americans by Currents News/NetTV

• Panel: Black women bear the brunt of mass incarceration by Madeleine Davison National Catholic Reporter

• Afro-Germans During the Holocaust by United StatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum

• The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Commentary by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

• The church must make amends to Black people with reparations ,Excerpt from 'Birth of a Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church' by Olga Segura National Catholic Reporter

• What it's like to work in anti-racism and equity by Celina Kim Chapman Global Sisters Report

• We must reject the white racist God of the '1776 Report' by Craig A. Ford Jr. National Catholic Reporter

• Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing by Sarah Brayne Reviewed by Ken Klippenstein The Intercept

• Bishops support Biden’s racial equity orders related to housing, prisons by Catholic News Service/Crux

• Brazilian Franciscan works to raise Black teen girls' self-esteem in the Amazon by Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Report

• Racial Justice Sunday: 'A Time to Act' by Ellen Teague Independent Catholic News

• Courts side with Catholic groups over transgender mandate by John Lavenburg Crux