Twenty years ago, during the dog days of summer , a fledgling journalist named Shereen Marisol Meraji \u2014 maybe you've heard of her? \u2014 headed to Durban, South Africa. Her mission: to report on a meeting of thousands of organizers and ambassadors gathered at a global conference on racism. The conference filled Shereen with hope and optimism \u2014 all of which would soon be wiped away.
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