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The Importance of Optimism
I don't believe a lot of people, for instance, I don't believe white people are actively racist. But I do believe that the notions of white supremacists, they don't agree with their methods, but they agree with their goal which is to keep white people in charge. And so if that is the premise, then what incentive seriously would there be to make these changes that only destabilize what you know works for you? More white people are incarcerated in this country than other countries. There were 5 million about poor whites in 1860 whose poverty was directly connected to the enslavement of black people. The sense of optimism is in what you said earlier, children. In our children we can see