Rachel Young

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This violence is, in itself, the product of systemic racism in ways we’ve already talked a bit about.
Rachel Young
Not going to disagree that racism has a hand in the amount violence perpetrated, but I don't think all acts of violence committed by black people can be blamed on racism. That feeds into the stereotype of the angry black man that we're trying to move away from, right? But I do agree that all the things that systemic racism has had an impact on is like this giant ball of yarn that's gotten all knotted up ... how do we untangle this?
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
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