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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.       By Rachel Hatzipanagos  Email A Turkish American mother was accused by a babysitter of cutting the genitals of her toddler. While the babysitter told a Homeland Security tip line that she suspected something was amiss based on what she saw when changing the girl's diaper, the child's mother, Ferah Uri, says the babysitter no evidence other than her religion: Muslim. The incident still carries scars for her family, The Washington Post's Hannah Allam reports. Also in this edition, the inside story of one family's quest to save their restaurant during the pandemic. Thanks for reading!   Ferah and Richard Uri spend time with their daughter on Dec. 11 at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Wash. (Jovelle Tamayo for The Washington Post) Wrongly accused of genital cutting, a Muslim mom won't accept 'case closed' A Muslim mother accused of female genital mutilation on an island off the coast of Washington state says her ordeal shows the long reach of Islamophobia. By Hannah Allam ●  Read more »   Ten of thousands of restaurants have closed during the pandemic. The inside story of one family's battle to save theirs. By Tim Carman ●  Read more »   The threat to Roe v. Wade is driving a religious movement for reproductive choice By Michelle Boorstein ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump and allies try to redefine racism by casting White men as victims By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. ●  Read more »   Students of color persist in STEM despite racial stereotypes, my research shows Perspective ●  By Ebony O. McGee ●  Read more »   The modern NFL didn't have a Black head coach until 1989. Here's his story. By Frederic J. Frommer ●  Read more »   In his fight against 'woke' schools, DeSantis tears at the seams of a diverse Florida By Tim Craig and Lori Rozsa ●  Read more »   200,000 Black men fought in the Civil War. Some lawmakers want to give them the Congressional Gold Medal. By Meagan Flynn ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Black History Month 2022 By Washington Post Staff ●  Read more »   Race in America: History Matters with Tomiko Brown-Nagin Judge Constance Baker Motley was the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary and the only woman on the NAACP legal team who won the landmark school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education. On Thursday, Feb. 10 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, discusses her new book, "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality," in our continuing series about the role of Black women in the country's history. By Washington Post Live ●  Read more »     What we're reading Black students fought to defund school police in LA and hire mental health counselors instead By Aaricka Washington | Capital B  ●  Read more »   Saving the school where kids were paddled for speaking Spanish By Molly Hennessy Fiske | Los Angeles Times ●  Read more »   Soo Hugh's 'Pachinko' adaptation confronts Japan's colonization of Korea By Alex Sujong Laughlin | Harper's Bazaar ●  Read more »     Word on the street   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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