WSSU professor on differences of D.C riot, racial demonstrations
What happened in Washington, D.C. Wednesday has people reflecting and asking how and why questions; many are also drawing comparisons to the demonstrations that unfolded last year calling for racial justice in America. "What we witnessed, quite openly, is there is a distinct difference in the justice system as it pertains to race, class and gender,” said Dr. Jack Monell, of Winston-Salem State University. “In the instance of yesterday’s insurrection and violence at the Capitol, what you saw was an allowing, of sorts, an apathetic response, to people who literally and deliberately h...
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