The Absurdity of ‘Racial Realism’

The mass shooter in Atlanta embodied the flawed logic that racial stereotypes reflect fact-based truths

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4 min readMar 18, 2021

Activists outside Gold Spa following Tuesday night’s shooting, where three women were gunned down, on March 18, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Racism introduces absurdism into the human condition. Not only does racism express the absurdity of the racists, it generates absurdity in the victims.
— Chester Himes

The Absurdity of ‘Racial Realism’

The mass shooter in Atlanta embodied the flawed logic that racial stereotypes reflect fact-based truths

Written by Joshua Adams