National Geographicย strives to deepen our understanding of the world and our role in it. Itโs difficult to understand 21st-century America without exploring the issue of race. Itโs the elephant in the room, permeating every aspect of our culture, neighborhoods, schools, businesses, politics, sports, arts, and relationships.
While science tells us thatย there is no such thing as race, society uses racial distinctionsย to divide us.ย Throughout history, groups of people have classified those who were different from them as the โother.โย On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leaderย Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., we decided to look deeply into these issues with a distinctย National Geographicย lens. Our stories reflect a view that is global, scientific, and cultural.
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Editor Susan Goldberg writes aboutย National Geographicโs complicated history in an essay, โFor Decades,ย National Geographicโs Coverage Was Racist. Itโs Time We Acknowledged It.โ
“It hurts to share the appalling stories from the magazineโs past,โ she writes. “But itโs important to examine our own history before reporting on others.”
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Science defines you by your DNA. Society defines you by the color of your skin. Usingย #IDefineMe, we want people to share their stories with us. We hope to spark a global conversation about how race defines, separates, and unites us.
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