Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****Last week, as part of a year-long parish program on race and racism at our predominantly white church, one of the facilitators, a beloved African-American parishioner and retired dean at Northeastern University, shared with us a powerful quote. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, once said to the noted feminist Bella Abzug on the topic of racism, “Until you really feel as angry about this as I do, [...]
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