"The events of the last week—nationwide protests catalyzed by the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer and the subsequent wave of police violence released upon the streets of America—have revealed yet again this country’s deeply rooted racism and its predisposition to state violence. It is hard to know what the next week will bring—let alone the next five months—but as we imagine a way forward it is important to have a grounding in the past. Below you’ll find selected essays we’ve published over the last five years—historical, personal, political—that explore what it means to be Black in a country founded in white supremacy and racial injustice. ..."
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On Eric Garner, Jean-Michel Basquiat and police brutality as an American tradition.
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