Clinging to Whiteness Offers False Safety – True Liberation Requires Upending It

Racism must be understood as systemic to challenge white people’s claims to being “innocent” in a racist society.

In 1962, James Baldwin wrote “A Letter to My Nephew.” The letter communicates Baldwin’s anger, his frustration, his commitment to radical change, and his indefatigable love for his nephew. His critique of white people, who he refers to as his “countrymen,” is piercing and demanding. Indeed, at one point he writes, “To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. In this case...

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