John Sutter: Why is it so hard to recognize the way that white supremacy was built into this country? "The fact that white people are sitting around having grievances on the basis of race is in the face of this history. It's just absurd," he says. 'It doesn't get me very far to be mad at individual white people because they don'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.