OPINION:
Prejudices certainly still exist, although most are very muted compared to what they were a couple of decades ago, and there has been real progress on some fronts (though some people refuse to believe it). However, people like actor Jussie Smollett and many others who stage hoaxes for personal gain or to score political points seriously set back efforts to identify and address real evidence of prejudice. Is the next report to be believed or is yet another hoax? It’s time for the activists for various causes to engage in “hoax shaming.”
BOB SMITH
Fairfax, Va.
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