Race is about interpretation, not identity

Author: Marissa Jenae Johnson

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It goes without saying that addressing racial issues in the United States is a series of ongoing conversations rife with logical fallacies and confusion, both genuine and manufactured. Coming up with solutions to the immoral racial context we have inherited is difficult work, and many spend precious hours, days, weeks, years, and lifetimes simply trying to convince the dominating class that there is a problem. But throughout these awkward and emotionally packed conversations are basic presumptions that often go unconsidered.