Shining a Light on Institutional Racism

My firsthand account

Photo by Júnior Ferreira on Unsplash

When most people think of racism, visions of terrorism delivered mano a mano come to mind. You know … slavery, white hoods, lynchings, and other acts of abject terrorism and the trauma they leave in their wake come to mind. Interpersonal racism’s more comely, yet equally damaging sibling: institutional racism is not only alive and well, but thriving in the most…