this is an interview from NPR with Jacqueline Jones concerning race. there a quite a few things contained therein that are troubling. But first i want to share my brother (Joshua Missouri) response to the piece
Race is a social construct, but it is no less real than religion, or social status. Race is real because an over wheeling swath of society believes in differentiating people based on skin color. It’s not American, see Rwanda, it is absolutely European. Which I suppose is why women were to be fair and white or why Sicilians are believed to be darker and therefor less civilized. It is our failing for not seeking truth and our forefathers for allowing it to be distorted - Joshua Missouri
I will be posting my response to the interview a bit later
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