<p>"The problem we have in the United States is that we use these myths as a way to diminish the humanity and the citizenship of large sectors of our population and to then craft policies based on myths."</p>
<p>"The problem we have in the United States is that we use these myths as a way to diminish the humanity and the citizenship of large sectors of our population and to then craft policies based on myths."</p>
Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof has joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the third senior faculty dedicated to the teaching and scholarship of ethnicity, .
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