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A look at what has happened across the state to forward racial justice since the protests erupted last summer in the wake of George Floyd’s death. From

After the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, you heard variations of this line: “This is not who we are.” On Inauguration Day, you heard variations of this line: “Now is a time for unity.” Not so fast, say Bates social scientists who spoke on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates. The idea that “this isn’t who we are,” that “white supremacy and democracy have not been in fundamental contest for at least the past 150 years, is just a dangerous misconception,” said Assistant...

Joe Gromelski 74 Published on December 10, 2020 The top 13 Bates College Facebook posts during an unprecedented year put into sharp relief what the Bates community stands for: care for one another; respect for knowledge and science — as embodied by Dr. Anthony Fauci — and love and admiration for those whose work has made our lives and country better. (You also respond to beautiful Bates photography!) As of today, the Bates Facebook page has 19,244 likes. So far in 2020, we’ve crea...