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Systemic racism has affected all of us. Here’s how to start unlearning its harmful lessons.

Nov 5, 2020
1 min

Systemic racism has affected all of us. Here’s how to start unlearning its harmful lessons.

We can’t undo 400 years of inequality overnight, a few weeks, a couple of months, or several years. But we have to start somewhere. And that somewhere should be with ourselves. We have to identify what makes us angry, what makes us uncomfortable, and sit in it. It’s time we unlearn ideas about Black people that are a part of the American psyche and keep systemic racism alive and kicking. Some think they are fair and just statements. They are not. Some think they are harmless.

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The Relentlessness of Black Grief

Sep 29, 2020
1 min

The Relentlessness of Black Grief

We are in the middle of a Black bereavement crisis, and we do not have the privilege or time to grieve. The only constant now is loss. More than 200,000 people are dead from COVID-19. We’ve all lost time, routines, jobs, connections to others. But the grief has not been evenly distributed. Grief in this country has always had an equity problem, and 2020 has only amplified the issue, as Black deaths have come in back-to-back blows, from the coronavirus, police brutality, and t

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Sep 24, 2020
1 min

The Race Gap: How U.S. systemic racism plays out in Black lives

Inequality between white and Black Americans persists in almost every aspect of society and the economy. Such disadvantages have proven immune to decades of laws and policies meant to address them, leaving Black people with less education, less wealth, poorer health and shorter lifespans. Read the full article here. #inequality #racegap #racism #blacklivesmatter #disparities #systematicracisim #discrimination #calvoices #equality

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