

Open Your Eyes, White People
(Image Courtesy of The New Yorker) I am white. I am socioeconomically privileged. I live in a safe community and don’t worry about my children or my husband as it relates to their safety around the police. I worry about other things, of course - the pervasive availability of recreational drugs, for instance - but I have never had to fear for my life because of my skin color. The other day, my 13 year old son and I talked about George Floyed. He was sick to his stomach watchin