On Independence Day in 2020, a clamoring throng toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus Baltimore neighborhood of Little Italy. When the cheering protesters dragged it down and sunk it beneath the depths of Inner Harbor, the statue became the latest symbol of societal change and a harbinger of a larger reckoning about the hypocrisy and… Continue reading Critical Truths, Racist Lies
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“If you are talking about racism and white supremacy, you are going to be perceived as a threat.”
Back in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois—sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and eventual NAACP co-founder—published The Souls Of Black Folk, a seminal collection of essays fleshing out his views on race and the unique obstacles that plagued people of color. A famous quote from the book, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of… Continue reading “If you are talking about racism and white supremacy, you are going to be perceived as a threat.”