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We can’t let the more quotidian operations of whiteness, which feed anti-Black violence every day, off the hook.

Imagine driving down a dirt road through a garden filled with flowers. You might feel compelled to “stop and smell the roses,” as the saying goes. This garden, though, is different. When you step out of the car, smoke fills the air, and you realize that the roses are on fire. All of them. But we cannot fathom saving every rose; we’ve been told that it’s not possible to do it all. Instead, we grab one rose from the edge of the garden and extinguish the fire that once engulfed it. Holding that one saved rose, we feel a sense of normalcy and content. But the garden is still o...