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Racism ‘Woven Through’ America, Cardinal Sean O’Malley Says

Racism ‘Woven Through’ America, Cardinal Sean O’Malley Says

The United States is infected with racism at its core, Cardinal Sean O'Malley says in a letter to be read to Catholic parishioners in the Archdiocese of Boston this weekend. "George Floyd's death makes clear that racist premises and attitudes, often implicit, are woven through basic structures — political, legal, economic, cultural and religious — in the United States," O'Malley writes.

The United States is infected with racism at its core, Cardinal Sean O'Malley says in a letter to be read to Catholic parishioners in the Archdiocese of Boston this weekend. "George Floyd's death makes clear that racist premises and attitudes, often implicit, are woven through basic structures — political, legal, economic, cultural and religious — in the United States," O'Malley writes.…