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Theodore R. Johnson’s Followers (5)
Theodore R. Johnson
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“Instead, the fact that racism is an existential threat is less about the durability of the United States as a sovereign entity and more about the death of the American idea.”
― When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
― When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
“That is, some want the dreamed America because it means racism can no longer be used as a crutch, while others will be glad that it can no longer be used as a cudgel.”
― When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
― When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
“Black Americans recognize the necessity of standing in solidarity, but they also have a human desire to be distinct and unique. Racism attacks both. It exacerbates the need for unity while also reducing black people to a throng of carbon copies—it makes solidarity an existential imperative and mutes the individualism of each group member. The consequence is a group seen as homogenous by those on the outside looking in and as heterogeneous by those on the inside peering out, creating a destructive incongruence between how black citizens are viewed and how they view themselves.”
― When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
― When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
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