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"African American children peering into a Whites Only playground in Mobile, Alabama," 1956 by Gordon Parks.
When I needed you to speak up
The last few weeks have been a tumultuous time in America. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is completely unprecedented in our lifetime, we thought racism would take a day off. Unfortunately, it didn't. In addition to exacerbating inequity related to healthcare access, we also learned about too many Stand Your Ground and police killings of unarmed black…