Have you ever noticed that when someone prefaces a statement with "I don't mean to sound racist..." or "I'm not a racist..." the statement is almost always, in fact, quite racist?
I heard a fascinating segment on NPR today where two regular reporters were interviewing people from diverse ethnic/cultural backgrounds about the election and the impact of race upon this particular election.
It's worth a listen if you have the time - if for no other reason than to take in something that is sure to make you think and hits upon some core issues and emotions that still exist within American culture as a whole.
It makes me hopeful such conversations can continue and that such discussion of how culture binds and breaks us may keep evolving and deepening over time.
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