Two years have passed since insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, bringing violence and rage with them. Watching the shocking display, many people—including political leaders—said: "This is not who we are"; "This is an abomination"; "This is not America." But isn’t it? “Whiteness reacts with rage and violence whenever it feels Blackness has encroached on its space,” writes BAZAAR features director @kaitlyn_greenidge_author. “This coup deeply echoes the end of Reconstruction, the defining political realignment of our age that the vast majority of us knows nothing about.” Read her full essay at the link in bio.