systematic racism
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Hillary Is Not Your White Savior
This weekend I had the misfortune to read Roxane Gay’s recent New York Times op-ed, in which she reflects on Charlottesville, Va., and waxes poetic about how much she wishes Hillary Clinton had won. She writes: I keep thinking about how different things would be if Hillary Clinton had been elected president. I was, like…
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Report: Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Connected to Systemic Racism
Finally, some truth out of Flint, Mich. The Michigan Civil Rights Commission released a report Friday that said, in part, “systematic racism” going back decades is at the core of the problems that caused a lead-contaminated water crisis in the majority-black city of Flint. While the 130-page report says that the commission did not unearth…
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Racists Anonymous Meetings Held at NC Church
There’s Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous … and then there’s Racists Anonymous. According to WCNC, a Concord, N.C., church has been holding Racists Anonymous meetings on a weekly basis for the past month, and it’s been picking up new members. “What Jesus said is, ‘Come see,’” the Rev. Nathan King of the Trinity United Church of…