Perhaps We Trusted Too Much
If you were born with pale skin in the United States in the last 150 years, you have led a life of great privilege, though you might not realize it. You might begin to realize it if you could exchange brief life stories with someone your age born in Ghana, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Brazil, Iraq … most any other non-democratic nation. But here’s the thing … we are so used to that life of privilege that we no longer appreciate it, we take it for granted. […]
