Considering how we respond to polls about the turmoil in Ferguson, you might be forgiven for thinking less of me because I am white. Let me assure you, however, that I am as disgusted as anyone about how my racial cohort views reality.
When it comes to, particularly, white males, I am pretty much disgusted every single time we are polled on any issue. And when we get to white male protestants (of which I am one, by heritage), the results are beyond demoralizing. If we were allowed to run things the way we say we’d like to see them run, I would not consent to live under the resulting tyranny.
I respect people who feel solidarity with their racial, religious, or ethnic heritage. But I am so far from feeling solidarity with my own that it’s a completely foreign concept to me. My group is wrong about everything there is to be wrong about. And we must be kept out of power.
