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We like to believe that bigotry is a product of ignorance and that if we educate people enough, they will become immune to bigotry. But what if bigotry isn't a lack of education, but rather a moral code that people live by? What if bigotry is a common code of…
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Rejecting the popular belief that bigotry is an extension of ignorance, University of Kansas professor Mitchell begins with the premise that bigotry is a moral code of hatred, and that the only way to overcome it is to gain literacy in its language. It’s a message he learned as a Black millennial from New Orleans in the wake of the racist government and media response to Hurricane Katrina, when Black people facing life-and-death decision-making were derided as “looters,” while their White counterparts were not. In addition to 20 useful lessons, Mitchell reminds us that no one is immune to bigotry…
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