State Sanctioned
A clearinghouse for information, analysis, and resources related to state sanctioned violence in the United States
The desire to distinguish
“The desire in the United States to distinguish between Whites (well meaning and naïve), on the one hand, and racists (hateful and backward), on the other, is born of an urge to erase the history of systematic anti-Black prejudice from collective consciousness. The truth that America is so deeply racist that it would sanction, even encourage, mob violence is more disturbing to most Americans than the actual killings.” – Andrew Austin, “Agency and Motive in Lynching and Genocide,” Journal of Black Studies, May 2004
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