The white "again" is a refusal to let true democracy take hold. Those who actually believe in this country are those who, out of utter frustration, civic humiliation, or racial solidarity, have taken to the streets to protest. Those whose belief in America is shaky are the ones opposing Black citizens who simply want to enjoy the same rights they do, who want the same benefit of the doubt offered to them.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, Long Time Coming, p. 118-119
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