Many people of privilege are beginning to see the cause of justice for Black people as a way to create a fairer society for everyone. Read more in this edition of Letters to the Editor. (via latimesopinion)
article about social reform hit on a reason for apathy from white moderates when tensions subside after achieving momentum from protests. He cites the brilliant observation by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that the white moderate “prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.”
A more effective message to white people is this: The “presence of justice” for Blacks does not mean less justice or increased economic insecurity for whites but rather more security for everyone. If you are the guy at the top, you don’t want to trade places with the guy at the bottom, but our social system does not have to be a vertical structure. A social contract with room for all on a wide plateau can serve everyone equally.
Moving to a position of evidence-driven action when we’ve lived so long in an era that valorizes opinion won’t be easy. But to underscore the importance of data, such a dashboard, accessible to all, could be the daily public face of efforts coordinated under a new cabinet-level position tasked with such progress.Abdul-Jabbar asks why the antiracism that is taking hold now did not do so after events in the past. I believe that we have a historic confluence of events.
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