Edith Desmarais, Author at Concord Monitor

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My Turn: Covert racism is still racism

by Edith Desmarais For the MonitorJune 27, 2021

I started out enjoying the piece from Robert Clegg (Monitor, 6/13) regarding the positive attitude he was raised with regarding the American melting pot. It reflected values I was raised with and ostensibly shared by the community in Portland, Maine…

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My Turn: Covert racism is still racism

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