we claim to value diversity as long as problematic racial dynamics are not named or challenged. By every measure across virtually every institution in every society where white people dominate, racial inequality persists. For example, a 2019 psychological study showed not only the vast difference in wealth between white Americans and Black Americans but also how skewed white Americans’ perceptions were of that gap. Researchers asked participants to imagine that the average white family in the United States has a hundred dollars.2 When asked what a comparable Black family has, most Americans
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