President Biden Denounced White Supremacy. Now What?
On a legal level, Segal said it’s complicated. For example, the U.S. doesn’t arrest citizens for hateful thoughts or speech, which means individuals and groups can organize unbothered. Then there’s a public perception problem, where men who are not white and who commit hate crimes are often labeled terrorists, while white men are seen as having mental health issues. And most disturbing are law enforcement agents who engage in racists acts, such as the “There’s more that the federal government can do in order to show that they take this threat seriously,” said Segal, who shared ...
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