Daily News | As Election Day approaches, political violence escalates and America’s racist history repeats itself
, one of those cases challenged Harvard’s admissions policy, claiming that high-achieving Asian American applicants were hurt by policies that favored historically underrepresented Black Americans and Hispanics.
But even as some people of color fight to snatch power from African Americans, white supremacists are working to make sure that the bulk of the nation’s influence stays in the hands of white people. Could that mean that roving bands of white thugs could take to the streets on Election Day as they did in 1871? Given that we watched a mob of thousands attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, I believe that is within the realm of possibility.
I can only hope that as the browning of America continues, and white conservatives see their numbers dwindling, Black Americans and other people of color willThe wisdom of Douglass echoes through the centuries: One group’s adversity is not required for another’s prosperity. Our history of political violence doesn’t have to be our future. To avoid it, we must fully come to grips with our past.
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