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Compassionate courage moves beyond 'cancel culture' to challenge systemic racism – but it's hard work

  • Written by Pushpa Iyer, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Director of the Center for Conflict Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Compassionate courage moves beyond 'cancel culture' to challenge systemic racism – but it's hard workDemonstrators gather during a peaceful protest against police brutality. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

It is common to read news of someone getting fired for speaking or acting in ways that harmed members of another race.

Our current call-out culture often advocates publicly shaming and humiliating wrongdoers, destroying their reputations...

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