racism
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Letter to the editor: Racism is embedded in American culture
Thank you for the “Not in Our Town?” article (June 25). I read with interest Chief Hanley’s assessment that the “video of the incident, taken from the two…
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Letter to the editor: Now is the time to stop denying that racism exists
As our community and country wrestle with individual and systemic racism, it is critical for each white Vermonter to acknowledge the racism within ourselves and the ways we…
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Letter to the editor: A missed opportunity to take a stand against racism
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Many years ago my…
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COVID-19 shows a dark truth about American society
“A common danger unites even the bitterest of enemies,” said the philosopher Aristotle. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fault lines that separate people of color and whites,…
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VUHS students to host anti-racism talks on Vergennes green this Saturday
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School’s Racial and Social Justice Alliance has organized an anti-racism event on the Vergennes green for this coming Saturday, June 20, that…
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Talking to kids about race and justice
When Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida in 2012, Joanna Colwell’s daughter was 11 years old. Just old enough, Colwell recalled, to walk by herself to the store…
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Editorial: Addressing systemic racism
In this unique moment in the national debate over racial justice, particularly as it is being portrayed through acts of police brutality, we are all asked to do…
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Vermonters join in outrage over racial inequality
ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — People started gathering in College Park, the former site of the Middlebury town offices, a little before 6 p.m. on Saturday. As the…
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Opinion: Scott talks racism, launches task force
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott gave these remarks at a Monday press conference: I want to start by addressing the tragic death of George Floyd in Minnesota. The reactions,…
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Victor Nuovo: Racism and science
Editor’s note: This is the 58th in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. Racism is a prejudice, and prejudices are…