The Uprising Marches On

Writers Have a Duty Not to Exaggerate Racial Progress

In an era where even the simplest truths are under attack, it’s up to writers to remind us that systemic racism never really goes away

Mychal Denzel Smith
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5 min readAug 24, 2020

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Photo illustration. Sources: Brooke Fasani Auchincloss, Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images

This piece is part of The Uprising Marches On, a package on what’s next for the

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Mychal Denzel Smith
GEN
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Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching (2016) and Stakes Is High (2020).