Tag: white denial

United Nations General Assembly Captures the Performance of Narcissism on the Global Stage

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On March 26, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution promoted by Ghana and the African Union, designating the European Transatlantic Slave Trade and the chattel enslavement of Africans and African Americans as the “gravest crime against humanity.” Opponents, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, took semantic issue with […]

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Juneteenth: A Reminder of “White Denial”

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Juneteenth. It’s now a federal holiday and goes by many names: Juneteenth, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Liberation Day, Freedom Day. Its government name is Juneteenth National Independence Day though some Republican lawmakers disagreed with the name, believing it created more division. Still, most of the fourteen Republican members of the House of Representatives who voted […]

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