This linked article by Tim Wise, adding a modern addendum to the words of James Baldwin, is fabulous and engrossing, true, true and true.
This being Mother's Day, I'm going to share it so that you can read it on your own time and I want the opportunity to be reminded to come back to it again. Please read this, even if you've read it before.
http://www.alternet.org/white-americas-greatest-delusion-they-do-not-know-it-and-they-do-not-want-know-it
