Cornell University history professor Russell Rickford said that whites are “ready to perform treason to whiteness” and “commit race suicide” during a townhall event on Wednesday, addressing nationwide unrest over the Ferguson grand jury decision. The event, titled “Ferguson: The Next Steps,” was meant to address how minorities are treated by police, who Rickford called “mercenaries for the corporations and the rich.” At the root of this “authoritarian” system, Rickford claimed, was ‘white privilege.’ “There’s still a slender minority of white folks, a very slender, but a slender minority of white folks, that are ready to commit race suicide,”...
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