By Jared Diamond — 1997
The biggest question that Jared Diamond is asking himself is how to turn the study of history into a science.
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Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
Many Latino activists have sought to create understanding for Black Lives Matter within their community by emphasizing the societal inequalities both groups face and how their prosperity is tied.
When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.
“The history is what the history is. And it is disrespectful, to white people, to soften the history.”
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
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“These are opportune times to transmute the energy of angst into actions that deepen our insight,” says Dr. Kamilah Majied. She invites us to rest in unrest, staying steady in impermanence.