Jacoby calls talking about race picking scabs. What he wants is to accept a band-aid on racism without healing the wound. Anti-racism work does mean exposing wounds, removing the band-aids and finding methods of better medicine. Only with this exposure can progress be made, if left ignored, the wound will only leave a deeper scar.
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