Prejudice is at the root of so much injustice, but the deepest "sin" is indifference towards it

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. Hard core racists embrace active evil

And of course they are the core of the problem, but they do not have the numbers needed to impose their toxicity on our nation as a whole were it not for the what I am calling widespread indifference above. How long did it take the U.S. to elect a Black President? Did you concur with Chief Justice Roberts that the fact that Americans elected Obama was evidence that major provisions of the Voting Rights Act were no longer needed? I will never forget reading of a rural white woman who assured a Democratic canvasser in 2008 "Don't worry, I'm voting for the Nigger."

Being willing to answer a yes or no poll question in the affirmative about "supporting" Black Lives Matter is not a compelling case against general indifference. I am not arguing that a majority of white Americans are overtly racist, I don't believe that is true. Some are, and they are directly responsible for much suffering. But complicity is seldom direct action, more often it is inaction.