In a 60 Minutes interview years ago, Morgan Freeman suggested that one of the best means of addressing racism is to stop talking about it incessantly. Instead of that, we now have "white supremacy" at every turn, a condition whose supply cannot keep up with the demand. Every single thing that happens to a person, especially a minority individual, is not the result of that person's melanin level.
Sullivan falls into the trap a bit, and Glenn rightly corrects him, on the topic of wealth and income. Racializing everything was poison when tried before. Why anyone wants to repeat that, other than the hustlers for whom it's a business, is beyond me. There are other dynamic at play, among them being the change in household dynamics from the time of Glenn's youth - a time in which racial animus was far more open than it is today. Like many white kids of the time, he had an extended family to look out for him and for the other kids in the neighborhood. Something changed since then. It was not more racism.
In a 60 Minutes interview years ago, Morgan Freeman suggested that one of the best means of addressing racism is to stop talking about it incessantly. Instead of that, we now have "white supremacy" at every turn, a condition whose supply cannot keep up with the demand. Every single thing that happens to a person, especially a minority individual, is not the result of that person's melanin level.
Sullivan falls into the trap a bit, and Glenn rightly corrects him, on the topic of wealth and income. Racializing everything was poison when tried before. Why anyone wants to repeat that, other than the hustlers for whom it's a business, is beyond me. There are other dynamic at play, among them being the change in household dynamics from the time of Glenn's youth - a time in which racial animus was far more open than it is today. Like many white kids of the time, he had an extended family to look out for him and for the other kids in the neighborhood. Something changed since then. It was not more racism.