They had just enjoyed a barbecue lunch from North Salina Community Development, and the most powerful words of the afternoon were still to come. Following community effortsI drove to Salina on Saturday to follow up on my coverage from October (my predecessor, C.J. Columnist Mark McCormick wrote Sunday in Kansas Reflector about the economic damage done to Black communities by discrimination. “People want to know that they’re treated fairly and equitably in their communities,” Wilson said. If we accept that Black communities have suffered long-lasting, entrenched damage done to them by a racist society, what about the harms that we inflict on people today?

Source: CNN June 20, 2022 09:08 UTC