" Racism, as The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote last year, is the “broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.” It’s both the miasma of beliefs and assumptions about blacks and other minorities, and the policies passed in response to those beliefs and assumptions. It’s the white supremacist heritage of this country and the ways in which it continues to shape individual lives. It’s “cantaloupe calves,” “stop and frisk,” and the presumption of black criminality. What it isn’t, by far, is a black president who talks about race, and tries—whenever possible—to talk about its role in American life."
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:01:41 +0000
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