Can white people truly grasp how deeply racism is embedded in U.S. society, and in people’s psyches? According to David Mura, the stories that white people tell themselves about race make the recognition of Blacks as equals impossible. Also: more from Elisabeth Jay Friedman about intergenerational mobilizing.

David Mura, The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives University of Minnesota Press, 2023

Elisabeth Jay Friedman and Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá, “‘Welcome to the Revolution’: Promoting Generational Renewal in Argentina’s Ni Una Menos,” Qualitative Sociology

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