"I think in this series, we've seen that whiteness works a lot of ways," he says. "There's ignorance, but then there's like this denial." He adds: "When the case is made for you like that, and you still cannot acknowledge what that means ... That's not somebody who doesn't get it"
When it comes to U.S. government programs and support designed to benefit particular racial groups, history is clear. White folks have received most of the handouts. Part of our summer mini-season of rebroadcasts.
By John Biewen, with Deena Hayes-Greene of the Racial Equity Institute and Season 2 series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika.