Opinion: Perception, reality of racism in America at odds
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis died Friday, July 17, 2020.File photo
Amid considerable fanfare, Central Connecticut State University announced recently the creation of the John Lewis Institute for Social Justice. In a formal statement marking the occasion, Zulma Toro, the president of CCSU, claimed that the university’s mission was “to prepare students to be thoughtful, responsible and successful citizens.”
At first glance, this objective seems incontestable, and the advocacy of social justice an excellent means of achieving it.
But when one delves deeper into the purpose of the institute, and learns what exactly social justice means to those who established it, it becomes clear that the institute is a vehicle for turning students into political activists advancing left-wing causes: the next sentence in the president’s statement acknowledges that
Opinion: Perception, reality of racism in America at odds
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