It will likely be March before the Clark County Council finishes reducing its Black History Month proclamation to a whisper. Refusing to look honestly at our history and notice the racism built into all our systems is a strategy that cannot end well. As white Americans, we must confront our heritage and our own biases and work with all our countrymen to make the United States the country we have always pretended it was.
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Letter: Confront our heritage
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