Wypipo, brace yourselves, it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[Tom Rinaldo]

178. I agree the changes you speak of are happening

Some will be greatly threatened because, in part, fears are easily stoked by those who find that it suits their right wing agenda for people to be fearful. I think you describe it well, and your time frame is realistic. Now we are still in a relatively early stage of transition. I suspect some on the the right, with friends in places like Russia, see an opportunity in pushing the envelope sooner rather than later - while people of color are still collectively in a clear minority.

You wrote: "Historically the path to positive change for minorities has been to change the hearts and minds of white people." Your commentary is astute, although there have always been H. Rap Browns, Malcolms and Black Panthers in the mix as well. I agree the older approach to justice is and should be shifting. But it should never be extinguished entirely because a society divided will not stand (to paraphrase Lincoln) even when the white population crosses over into the minority. I see that future as one rich in possibilities for all of us. It will take some people of compassion and vision of all hues to help usher in that day relatively peacefully.