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On the Banality of Everyday Anti-Blackness

On the Banality of Everyday Anti-BlacknessBy Matthew Somoroff | @matty_som | with thanks to NewBlackMan (in Exile)Monday, June 29, 2020.At about 9 a.m. on Friday, June 19, my doorbell rang unexpectedly. I looked through the living-room windows and saw a white woman I didn’t recog..More

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