Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith is a professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program.
“We are witnesses of the monumental transition from the American narrative of individual racism, perpetrated by a few rotten apples in the barrel, such that the majority are good apples, to growing acknowledgement of a framework of systemic racism against Blacks,” Smith writes for Syracuse.com.
“To rectify our societal ills, we must acknowledge their existence. We must move away from the fallacy of a few bad apples to acknowledge systemic discrimination from grade school to the university; within healthcare, the economy and the criminal justice system; and within mundane, quotidian activities.”
To read her commentary in full, visit Syracuse.com.
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