Are you feeling overwhelmed by the racial tension in our country? Why is there so much hatred and polarization right now?
You are not alone. It can be confusing to sort out how we ended up like this. How did we land here in this moment in this country?
We often think of racism as something one person does to another person—a racist act. However, racism is actually baked into how things work in the United States. Racism was a premise on which the United States was founded—and this premise has helped people in power to sustain power. And while things are changing, for a long time—and still today—most of those people in power have been White men.