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While the Left wrongly sees racism everywhere, the Right ignores the generational impact of historical racism in our country.

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine, July 6, 2023

Eric Sammons is the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine.

The recent Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action is yet one more act in the long drama that is American race relations. Our country ranks high among nations with long-lasting and tense race relations. That should not be a surprise when we remember that at our country’s founding, when our leaders were declaring our inalienable right to freedom, we had half a million people enslaved based on their race.

Of course, our country has made much progress. We’ve ended slavery as well as official segregation. A black man has occupied the highest office of the land, and blacks are found in the corridors of power in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, and everywhere in between. No matter what some race-baiters may tell you, overt racism—defined as discrimination based solely on someone’s race—is rare in this country. Yet, as the reaction to the last Court ruling showed, there is still a lot of tension between the races today. …

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