The Hill: Prof. Copeland Links the January 6th Insurrection with a Racist Relapse
In his recent op-ed for The Hill, Prof. Phillipe Copeland explains that the forces opposing antiracism that led to the January 6th insurrection of the United States Capitol have not diminished, but adapted to bring around a greater racial relapse. The result: stronger systemic racism by attacking and banning the incorporation of Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project in schools, voter suppression, criminalizing protests, and more.
Excerpt from “Jan 6 Insurrection Has Evolved into a Racist Relapse” by Phillipe Copeland, first published in The Hill
The year since the murder of George Floyd has been described as a “racial reckoning.” But the “racial reckoning” appears to have become a racist relapse. Forces organized against antiracism are striking back. Basic freedoms are being undermined, racist violence is rising, and propaganda machines are running full steam ahead.
We are seeing a predictable backlash to the George Floyd protests…Things only escalated during the Trump regime and since its defeat, climaxing in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, which did not end so much as adapt.