The New Racism Is Polite Racism

The explicit old evils still exist, but so does a sophisticated new version, cloaked in false kindness that’s anything but

Bonsu Thompson
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7 min readJan 20, 2020

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Illustration: Richard Chance

TThe American racist has certainly evolved. Not via their own volition. This growth is the offspring of racism’s primary modes. Its original brand was brutal, psychopathic, deadly, Christian. A couple hundred…

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Bonsu Thompson
GEN
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Bonsu Thompson is a writer, producer, Brooklynite and 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow.