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A Societal Constant Need to Dismiss and Invalidate African American’s Experience

By Lewam

Winter/Spring 2020

There is no doubt that white privilege runs deep in America’s veins and African American people are so tired and fed up with having to explain the anger that is carried and the self-hatred that is rooted in the black community. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, racism, and discrimination towards Asian people were out of control; it even went as far as death threats, and everyone was speaking out against it and how the Coronavirus neither means Asian people nor it is their fault. Even celebrities were speaking out and standing up. Black women were infuriated and outraged with the racist comments other minorities were receiving but not too far from that, black people were dying of COVID 19 more than any other race…

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