nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||'This Isn't America'? The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Race||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The insurrection at the Capitol was just the latest chapter in America's ongoing battle over race, writes NPR host Sam Sanders. "Once you see it as such, " he says, "it all makes a lot more sense."

Demonstrators attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The insurrection was just the latest chapter in America's ongoing battle over race, writes NPR host Sam Sanders.



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'This Isn't America'? The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Race

The insurrection at the Capitol was just the latest chapter in America's ongoing battle over race, writes NPR host Sam Sanders. "Once you see it as such," he says, "it all makes a lot more sense."