We don\u2019t automatically publish all comments on this site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The comments section of Race Files is intended to be a forum for dialogue and discussion among people who are sincerely interested in exploring issues of race. We get that we are all in different places in understanding race relations and all of us have things to learn, so we\u2019re okay with people pushing back and offering differing points of view as long as you want to \u201ctalk.\u201d Shouting will get you deleted.<\/p>\n

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