Frances Cress Welsing

Frances Cress Welsing was a doctor and writer who studied the complexities of racism and its effects on society. She said that racism is a mental illness that is passed down through generations. Her idea was that racism is something taught and learned, rather than something that is naturally present in people. To her, it was a way of one group of people having power and control over another. People should try to understand why racism exists and how it can be changed.