It’s easy to focus on individual racist acts and condemn the actors. But that doesn’t get us closer to solving the problem of racism.
Christen A. Smith
Christen A. Smith is assistant professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.Follow @profsassy
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Scalise Scandal Rooted in Secret Societies’ Hold on Paths to Power — Through Violence
From campus rape to the House whip’s ‘need’ to address white supremacists, it’s starkly clear that American roots of gender, race and sexual violence run deep. So what are we going to do about it?