In a country plagued by slave-based and Jim Crow power structures–from the police force to the filibuster to the consistent voter suppression–racism remains a hot topic in political debate. While many of these issues, consistently used to maintain the racist status quo, continue to be vital in our conversations about dismantling racism, one topic gets […]
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Politics, Sustainability and why Connection matters.
In 2017, only 7 months since the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump, the city of Charlottesville, Virginia burst into Chaos. Groups of Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists flooded the streets, chanting “White Lives Matter” and “Blood and Soil.” The alt-right group was met by a group of counter-protesters, defending the choices of the left and the […]