Though ugly and repellent, racism can be an awe inspiring phenomenon

[Begin ChatGPT 3.5 summary of Guardian article] A recent Guardian article tells the story of Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama, a small rural town. Braxton’s election in November 2020 disrupted a long-standing political system dominated by white leaders. This made him the first Black mayor in the town’s 169-year history. However, …

George Floyd: a leisurely murder

Save for the humanity of passers by and their smartphones, George Floyd’s murder would have been filed away as just one more routine, run-of-the-mill police incident that ended in a “tragic” death. The horror in the murder of George Floyd does not stop at the killing of an unarmed man who at most, possibly, may …