Slavery in the United States was a violent regime built on the systemic dehumanization of enslaved Black people. White slaveholders stripped Black people of their humanity to make the otherwise unquestionably horrific treatment of them socially acceptable. Given this, it is entirely unreasonable to expect the enslaved to have nevertheless respected the humanity of their […]
Tag: Political Violence
The Rise of Political Violence and Ideological Polarization
I was walking to my dorm after class when I heard the news: Charlie Kirk, a well-known conservative political activist, was shot at Utah Valley University while speaking to students at an on-campus event. My heart dropped to my stomach. I paused for a second to scroll through the many articles, all of which were […]