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Graham Cunningham's avatar

This is a great essay; balanced and hugely informative. But....."relevance for many contemporary debates about systemic racism" . The thing is there aren't really any debates - not real debates - about 'systemic racism' in the 21st c. West. Holding a right-on opinion on 'systemic racism' is a look-at-how-good (and sophisticated)- person-I-am fashion accessory badge to wear. Debate doesn't come into it.

As Saul Bellow put it “a great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”

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Olivier Kaan's avatar

I'll definitely be reading Nicholas Wade this summer. You sold me on that book!

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