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  • 3 Facts That Prove the Reality of White Supremacy

    When I was 16 years old, my entire family thought my little sister was going crazy (and by “sister” I mean my cousin who lived with us because black people do that, which could be the subject of an entirely different article). Every morning, she would tell us that there was a monster under her…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Attending College Doesn’t Close Wage Gap, and Other Myths Exposed in New Report

    Since the first iteration of slavery transformed into its more contemporary forms—Jim Crow, mass incarceration, redlining, employment and education discrimination—the toxic myth that black people can bootstrap their way to success and safety in a country that thrives on their subjugation has continued to thrive. In a new report, “Asset Value of Whiteness,” Demos and the…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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