By Amber Walker July 10, 2015 Amber Walker “The subtext [of respectability politics] that exists is if this person had just been “good,” “deserving” or “respectable,” they would be worth our country’s collective sympathy and support.” Tulsa. Montgomery. Selma. Charleston. These cities, seared in our country’s collective consciousness, serve as […]
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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
Seeing and Not Seeing Our Racial Reality
By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist May 22, 2015 Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist “Americans don’t want to imagine that our racist history is actually an ongoing racist reality. We like to look at racism as a thing that has gotten better (if not gone away completely) and that the way black […]