Is the Catholic Worker movement a "racist institution"?
Members of the movement have been grappling with that question with particular intensity since participants in a fall 2017 Midwest Catholic Worker Faith and Resistance Retreat sent out "Lament. Repent. Repair. An Open Letter on Racism to the Catholic Worker Movement."
Debates about the letter's language and the Catholic Worker's history have sometimes been heated. But they have also brought increased attention to the need to combat racism both in the movement and in society, as well as highlighted ways in which communities are already making progress.
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