Racism is rampant. All sides, in the barrage of social media regarding the shootings of civilians and officers, have demonstrated these racist tendencies: us-them talk herd thinking confirmation bias These further no one’s cause and foster the opposite, as any social scientist will tell you. Talking in terms of “us versus them” alienates. It objectifies and dehumanizes. It distances people …
white privilege
Slave Country
“Once I became so impatient seeing the free country in view and I still in the slave country . . .” – Wallace Turnage (p.253) Wallace Turnage may not be a household name in the history books, but he has schooled me. David Blight, a historian who verified two slave narratives in his book, A Slave No More, describes Wallace Turnage's and John Washington's individual journeys from slavery to …