In 2008, 45 percent of
whites expressed negative feelings about black stereotypes.
(Milbank, Washington Post)
For a while, we thought that the issue of racism was over
and that our nation was going to move forward and ``leave the
past in the past.'' It almost had me fooled because we live
in Vermont and we sometimes can be isolated from world
issues. But racism is still here. When everyone thought that
it was no longer ``relevant,'' it's still alive. As a young African-American immigrant, how can I wrap my
head around this? As Vermonters how can we annihilate racism
and get our community to be accepting of all races, cultures,
and ethnic backgrounds? Ta-Nehisi Coates addresses the disadvantages of living with
black skin in Between the World And Me.
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