I think the Black people who are lamenting the idea that there has been no gain, after the marches of last Summer, need to read this. You address an issue I’ve been thinking about for some time. All of these things happening at once, trump, the disasters of climate change, the pandemic, and the marches, all happening simultaneously, are going to have an effect on white people, of which the insurrection at the Capitol is just one relatively small facet.

We have yet to witness the fallout of all that has occurred, either as trauma, or a sea-change in America’s mindset. We didn’t reach this point overnight. It took decades for both Blacks and whites to reach this point, and it will probably take decades to see the fallout. We’ll look back on this four year time period, and point to it as something pivotal.