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When restorative justice ignores racial context

I'm Black and the white family whose son I assaulted keeps talking about forgiveness and healing but won't acknowledge I was defending myself from racial slurs

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Someone faces healing processes that erase the systemic dimensions of their conflict

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“Where Are You with Restorative justice — theory and practice?”

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