Racial Paranoia

When you think about the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement and the last 50 years, it’s tempting to think we’ve become a post-racial society. But University of Pennsylvania professor John Jackson Jr. believes we’re seeing a new type of racial divide, characterized by distrust and paranoia.

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