Let’s change it.
Systemic racism can be difficult to detect and destroy, because it is so insidious. People can say things without thinking, but they say them because the words seem to make them sound like caring, concerned folks. The words protect them from being seen as callous, compassionless people. Good people say these things, but if they think about the meaning of the words, and apply logic and common sense, they can see what is hiding underneath those words. I was having a phone conversation with a friend along the lines of my commentary last week, “Work for white people,” when she said that she thought black people had some work to do, too, because “most black people who are killed are killed by other black people.” Bingo! There are some of those words covering up hidden, systemic racism. Think about it. Most white people are killed by other white people because most people who are killed are killed by someone they know. Why apply this...