When I published my recent essay, Race Reflections, I assumed there would be pushback. It’s a charged topic. Very many Americans, including the microscopic circle reached through my social media, feel rightly concerned with overcoming racial divisions that remain as a consequence of America’s history and politics. In observing the conversation on race, however, I have noticed a kind of unspoken rule. When a white person engages on the topic of race with anything other than some iteration of
This is a very coherent piece of writing on this subject. Thank you. I think it is worth mentioning that some black women have strongly expressed the viewpoint that the Black Lives Matter movement is inherently sexist; that the black lives that matter are male lives; that black male violence and injustice to black women is often hidden or minimized in the discussion of black culture.
This is a very coherent piece of writing on this subject. Thank you. I think it is worth mentioning that some black women have strongly expressed the viewpoint that the Black Lives Matter movement is inherently sexist; that the black lives that matter are male lives; that black male violence and injustice to black women is often hidden or minimized in the discussion of black culture.