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The Righteous Revulsion Driving the Demands for Racial Change in America

June 22, 2020

Reuben E. Brigety II, Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of the South writes: But the young people who are protesting in the streets this summer, and who will be sitting in our classrooms in the fall, do not want progress. They want change. Inherent in the concept of progress is the notion that some degree of imperfection is understandable and inevitable on the path to achieving a worthy ideal. However, when the object of progress is the recognition and respect of one’s humanity by their own government and fellow citizens, the compelling questions to answer are how much imperfection is tolerable and for whom is it acceptable.

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