(CAMPUSREFORM) — Professor George Yancy of Emory University published an open letter to “White America” in the opinion pages of The New York Times asking white people “to admit to the racist poison that is inside” of them.
The letter, according to Yancy, was inspired by a series of 19 interviews he conducted with various public intellectuals on the topic of race, including well-known philosophers such as Peter Singer, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West.
In the introduction to his letter, Yancy demands his readers “listen with love” as they look at parts of themselves “that might cause pain and terror.” Love, to Yancy, is a topic that receives little attention in the public square and one that could help fight systemic racism.
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