Sandy Banks
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Column: Southwest Airlines becomes the Grinch that stole Christmas travel
The airline disrespected customers, bullied employees and tried to blame the wicked weather that blanketed the East and Midwest for a week's worth of flight failures. → Read More
City Council audio leak: Let's ditch 'people of color' label
If Nury Martinez and the leaked City Council audio recordings have taught us anything in multicultural Los Angeles, it's that solidarity is an illusion. → Read More
Column: From South Los Angeles to the State Department, fighting for social justice
Desiree Cormier Smith is helping the U.S. fight for social justice abroad in her job at the State Department. She also knows there is much work to do at home. → Read More
Roe vs Wade is dead. Will a new 'sisterhood of strangers' emerge?
Before Roe vs Wade, networks helped those who needed an abortion. Now, a new "sisterhood of strangers" has cropped up to lend a hand. → Read More
No longer the 'older, whiter Valley,' whom do these suburban voters want for mayor?
The San Fernando Valley has evolved from its largely white, conservative past to resemble the more diverse city as a whole. Which raises the question: Karen Bass or Rick Caruso? → Read More
The Buffalo shooting brings back a lifelong question: Why do they hate us so much?
Research has found that mental health can decline significantly, not only among those who witness or lose loved ones in mass shootings, but also among people who share elements of their identity. Buffalo is a stark reminder. → Read More
Column: Thirty years later, does commemorating L.A. riots help heal old wounds or reopen them?
The riots spotlighted for the world the rage of people stuck in a system that considered them insignificant. Should we memorialize them or move on? → Read More
L.A. residents deeply pessimistic about race relations 30 years after riots, poll finds
Kenyana Booker was born the year before the 1992 uprising that followed the acquittal of police officers caught on video beating Rodney King. → Read More
What's shaping the soak-the-rich watch-stealing spree? Just ask Jay-Z and Beyoncé
What makes a watch worth more than I paid for the house I’ve lived in the last 30 years? → Read More
Column: For two years, I've tried to protect myself from COVID-19. Now I've tested positive
I’ve felt safer, as coronavirus infections declined. Did I let my guard down too much? → Read More
Banks: The N-word doesn't belong in a fourth-grade classroom, even in poetry
A San Diego teacher was trying to do the right thing in teaching a poem by a Black writer. Now her job is on the line. → Read More
Banks: Finally, we saw black life on exuberant display at the Super Bowl
Sunday's halftime show brought old-school hip-hop into living rooms where sagging pants and anti-police rants would never be allowed. → Read More
Banks: Coyote mating season means trouble in my neighborhood
I’ve sprayed our yard with wolf urine, boarded up the doggy door and posted flashing red 'predator eyes' on fences and trees surrounding my house. → Read More
Column: What Martin Luther King taught me about 'good hair' and Black pride
I was 9 years old when my mom took me to hear Dr. King speak. It changed the way I saw myself and the world. → Read More
Banks: It's not the holiday we wanted, but it's the one we were dealt
This was supposed to be a make-up holiday season. Instead it’s giving us a weird sort of deja vu. → Read More
Column: Reintroducing 'Black L.A.: Looking at Diversity' series
Times columnist Sandy Banks recalls her time working on the "Black L.A.: Looking at Diversity" series in 1982. → Read More
Black middle class: Getting used to isolation
Suburban living offers a challenge to blacks that white suburbanites never have to face: coping with feelings of cultural isolation and alienation. → Read More
Column: I used to hate being attacked by Larry Elder. Now I consider it a badge of honor
Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder and I had similar upbringings. How did we turn out to view the world so differently? → Read More
Column: The legacy of slavery made Juneteenth hard for me to celebrate
If we are going to celebrate the new holiday and the end of slavery, we must acknowledge that the dreadful practice continues to shape the nation. → Read More
My family is divided over COVID-19 vaccinations. Here's how we cope
I'm a vaccine enthusiast. My sister is a skeptic. We spent months debating the issue — and trying to preserve our relationship in the process. → Read More