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Another great, thought-provoking read. As I was reading it and got to your part about us white people taking responsibility for fixing the injustices our forefathers caused, I could sense my resistance raise up. "Why me?? I'm trying to take care of myself! How can I be responsible? My ancestors were from South America/hard-working normal folk up North! Why doesn't Elon Musk fix it with his BILLIONS?! Or, I don't know.. government?" So I can see I went from avoiding responsibility to anger at the futility of it all, and when I look more, and think about it in detail-- like what would it mean to contribute to say a college fund, for example. Would that really end racism? I don't think it would. But there is the crux.. I'm resistant to helping because I don't think it will change such a HUGE issue like systemic racism, and ultimately that is FAILURE (reminds me of how the 9 of Wands feels). And why would I want to be a part of something that is the equivalent taking a piece of sand off the beach? Thank you for your thoughtful piece. We need these uncomfortable conversations.

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