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- David Theo GoldbergThe critics want to wipe clear the actual history of racial oppression that is baked into the social and economic structures of the US.
- Elizabeth Hinton, Derecka PurnellThe police as they exist today need to be abolished, there’s no question. “Diversity doesn’t change the fundamental dynamics of policing.”
- Dr. Gerald HorneMuch of what is called the “left” still insists that the American “revolution” of 1776 is “unfinished,” when history shows that white supremacy was the intended result.