“My feeling is that white people have a very, very serious problem. And they should start thinking about what they can do about it. Take me out of it.”
The African-American writer Toni Morrison made this point more than a quarter of a century ago: that white Americans need to tackle their own racism without expecting non-white Americans to help them do so.
This year, the point has been made frequently since May when a white policeman suffocated to death George Floyd, an African-American, sparking nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. It is one many white Americans struggle with. How can we challenge our inherent, sometimes unconscious racism, without being able to seek the advice of those who suffer most from it?