“ To suggest that the right thing to do is to be silent in the face of racist words, or worse, to suggest that not being silent, or that protesting or boycotting or threatening boycotts is wrong, is to wipe away and invalidate what, for me, is the part of American history that has made my life possible, that is, peaceful protest. And what is apparent to me is that there is a current, younger generation that has in many cases never known about things that are recent enough for me to actually remember.
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Why does everything suck?: The 2008 Definition of Racism
Possibly the best-written and most persuasive article I have read on this topic.
Possibly the best-written and most persuasive article I have read on this topic.