Post WW 2 Washington, DC.
"The real estate agent told [her] the property (which he wished to purchase after four years overseas) had restrictive covenant against Jews and Negros. Kathrine's father, Eugene Meyers, millionaire financier, former head of the Federal Reserve, adviser to presidents, and owner of the Washington Post was Jewish."
Robin Gerber Katherine Graham
"The gods visit the sins of the fathers on the children"
Euripides
"A rattlesnake, if cornered, will become so angry it will bit itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is...biting oneself."
E. Stanley Jones
AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE
"Police violence against Black people in this country is as American as bald cypress trees and Southern magnolias. In each generation we have to experience the haunting ritual of a Black family grieving in public over the loss of a loved one at the hands of the police."
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
I'm not surprised about this form of racism in Washington, DC but similar denigrations occurred/occur in Canada.
I appreciate the article by Glaude and his reference to James Baldwin.