Black Lives Matter

Amidst this moment when longstanding injustice has again transformed into inevitable reckoning, I see so much of the work as keeping the heart space open, to recognize the truth in others and the truth in myself.

There is so much more for me to learn, to accept, to believe, and to do. Racism exists not as a perception, but as part of the social ecosystem from which I benefit. This country was built by Black people, American culture is (nothing without) Black culture, and none of us will be free until all of us are.

Being part of the solution means first acknowledging that I am part of the problem. That discomfort is my own, but the push toward equality must be all of ours.