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That’s good because I still haven’t finished the book lol. I’m a slow reader when it comes to nonfiction books. In response to the hope question- it’s essential to keep hoping. Sometimes that’s all we have. Our issues today may seem insurmountable- but chattel slavery also seemed...

These are some interesting thoughts! I hope it was a fruitful discussion. Wish I could have made it but I was working. Re: the dark skin vs. light skin I believe in the USA this separation partly came from the dark skinned field slaves being separated from the light skinned house slaves, and...

That is so true. It’s hard to admit that the policies we’ve been following for decades are wrong and just aren’t working. Also, so much of the American Protestant ethos is wrapped up in the idea of punishment and people being deserving of what they get. Is it any surprise our policies are...

I think this is because racism has long been used as a tool to divide the electorate and push through policies that might not otherwise be popular. Just in the 20th century alone in the US we have seen the Southern Strategy, the War on Drugs that targeted black and brown neighborhoods (even...

Thanks for getting our discussion started off, Alexr. :brofist-2: I’ll take a stab at question 2 first. Kendi writes that the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it- and then dismantle it. Because racist ideas are so prevalent in our society, the work to do this is...