Nearly half of Americans say they feel less free to speak their minds.
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In this era of racial reckoning, words such as ‘white privilege’ have played a significant role in defining social problems plaguing America. But those words also have a downside.
Minority opinions posted online can skew social consensus.
Some activists use open records requests to bully researchers – distracting them from their actual work and silencing others who don’t want to draw attention.
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