opinion
21ST CENTURY PLANTATION
The same lawmakers moving to address racism in policing nationwide have shown little interest in fixing their own house.
Dr. James R. Jones is an assistant professor at Rutgers University-Newark. He is currently completing The Last Plantation, a book manuscript that investigates racism in the congressional workplace and the experiences of the Black staffers for Princeton University Press.
The same lawmakers moving to address racism in policing nationwide have shown little interest in fixing their own house.