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Peopleattendarallytomarktheone-yearanniversaryofGeorgeFloyd"sdeathinNewYork,theUnitedStates,May25,2021.(Xinhua/WangYing)

"Wedon"thavesomethingasembeddedasslaveryanymore,butwe"regoingindiametricallyopposedpositions;we"rerippingourselvesapartfromeachother,"saysWesleyLowery.

NEWYORK,July3(Xinhua)--ThewhiteracialviolencethathasbeenembeddedintheUnitedStates"culturenotjustinthelastfewelectioncycles,butsincethenation"sfounding,reportedPoliticoonSunday,citinganewbookbyWesleyLowery,aPulitzer-winningWashingtonPostreporter.

Weavingtogetherhistory,interviewsandcloseexaminationsofkeyincidentsofviolence,LoweryshowedtheAmericansthatwhitefearandresentmentofthe"other"hasalwaysbeenpresent,saidthereport."Whatwecallbacklashatcertainmomentsisreallyalong-running"whitelash"that"sintricatelywovenintoAmericanhistoryandcurrentlytargetsnotjustBlackpeople,butanygroupthatthreatensashiftingconsensusofwhoisAmericanandwhoisnot."

"ThreeyearsaftertheeruptionofprotestsfollowingthedeathofGeorgeFloyd,Loweryisn"tconvincedthatAmericaisanybetterpreparedtodealwithwhitelashasapoliticalforce,letaloneaculturalone--particularlyasweheadintoasharplycontentiouspresidentialelection,"thereportnoted.

"Peoplehavetalkedforyearsaboutcivilwar,"Lowerywasquotedassaying."Wedon"thavesomethingasembeddedasslaveryanymore,butwe"regoingindiametricallyopposedpositions;we"rerippingourselvesapartfromeachother."

"Icertainlythinkthat"strue.It"sasoftcivilwar.Oneofourhistoricalblindspotsisthinkingmultiracialdemocracy--whatAmericashouldbe--isasettledquestion.Manypeoplearenotsureofthat,"addedthereporter.