Maureen H. O’connell is professor of Christian ethics at La Salle University. Her most recent book is Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness (Beacon Press, 2021).Maureen H. O’connell is professor of Christian ethics at La Salle University. Her most recent book is Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness (Beacon Press, 2021).