SECOND TAKE
THE WASHINGTON TIMES: The myth of ingrained racism
Glaring discrimination based on skin colour has gradually been dissipating in US
06 September 2020 - 23:00
Above the din of protests surging across 2020 America echoes the conviction that systemic racism is everywhere, and peace won’t prevail until it is finally expunged.
The notion that racism is ingrained in American culture has become the dogma of this era, not only among angry blacks, but also young whites attempting to authenticate their “wokeness” by joining them in the streets. It is a myth, though, untethered from fact...
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