9 moments the Internet forced us to think about race
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - DEC. 9, 2014. Kobe Bryant and other lakers wear “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts while warming up for the game against the Kings on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Talking about racism is hard when people – in particular, white people – don’t think it exists.
But in the space of a year, many white Americans seem to have changed their mind. According to a series of polls released this week, a majority of whites say that more change is needed to “give blacks equal rights with whites.” This is a drastic change from last year, when a Pew Research Center poll suggested that most believed that America had already done enough.
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