Editorial | Kaepernick hasn’t left. Neither should Penn’s criminal justice reform efforts.

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Penn is a historically white institution that still has a long way to go in reducing its own institutional racism and promoting diversity and inclusion across racial and class lines. This means that Penn itself has played a role in supporting a racist system. Many members of the Penn community are insulated from these realities by their own race and class.

“Kaepernick hasn’t left. Neither should Penn’s criminal justice reform efforts” published in The Daily Pennsylvanian. The article discusses the need for criminal justice reform and reducing institutional racism in the police force and the criminal justice system. Source

The author argues that Penn, as a historically white institution, has a long way to go in promoting diversity and inclusion across racial and class lines. The article also highlights the importance of Colin Kaepernick’s protests against racist police practices and how it should be a wake-up call to the Penn community.