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Wisconsin’s not so white anymore – and in some rapidly diversifying cities like Kenosha there’s fear and unrest

Kenosha, Wisconsin, became a national byword for racial unrest when protests in August erupted in violence.After local police shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed, furious residents took to the streets expressing years of pent-up anger. During nighttime hours, fires were set.

Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison