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My thoughts on this moment in our history: https://wapo.st/3cyCnbh
I grew up in segregated Jim Crow Alabama, where no one batted an eye if the police killed a black man. So it is a source of pride for me that so many have taken to the streets — peacefully — to say that they care. Yet protests will take our country only so far.
The road to healing must begin with respectful but honest and deep conversations, not judgments, about who we were, who we are and who we want to become. And if we are to make progress, let us vow to check the language of recrimination at the door.
As united Americans, we can then turn our fears into faith, hope, compassion and action. And then we can accept and carry out our shared responsibility to build “a more perfect union.”
Any call to action will be empty if it does not move us to individual responsibility. We all have a role to play in moving our country forward, in ensuring that our democracy delivers not just for those who have but also for those who seek and for those in need.
