We Can’t Ignore Racism and White Supremacy

Counterprotests combatting the recent Ku Klux Klan rallies in North Carolina show that silence is not an option

Co-founder of Hate-Free Schools Coalition LaTandra Strong, Raleigh-Apex NAACP President Gerald D. Givens Jr., and Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP President Anna Richards lead hundreds of people in a march against hatred and white supremacy in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, after a KKK rally in Orange County. Photo: Daniel Hosterman

While standing at a crosswalk waiting for the traffic light signal to change, I watched as a van pulled up beside me with its side door flung open. A group of white men emerged from inside, their fists…