It’s not a feeling of guilt. It’s a feeling of ‘discovered ignorance' - Clint Smith

At some point it is no longer a question of whether we can learn this history but whether we have the collective will to reckon with it.

we should be clear that the thing that people are calling critical race theory is just — that is the language that they are using to talk about the idea of teaching any sort of history that rejects the idea that America is a singularly exceptional place, and that we should not account for the history of harm that has been enacted to create opportunities and intergenerational wealth for millions of people, that has come at the direct expense of millions and millions of other people across generations.

To deny the full humanity of others is to deny it within ourselves.