UT Austin professor says protests signal 'generational opportunity' to address racism

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Published:
June 1, 2020

A leading voice on race relations says George Floyd's death represents a national tragedy that should be turned into an opportunity for change.

"What I hope happens here, is that we turn this national crisis into a generational opportunity. And that opportunity is to really build what Martin Luther King Jr. called a beloved community that was free of not just racism but was also free of racial segregation," said Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at The University of Texas at Austin.

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