… Many whites have difficulty dealing with issues of systemic racism in part because, although we live in the same communities as our African American brethren, we inhabit two different worlds and our lived experience in those worlds diverges dramatically. …
In a country grappling with the killing of George Floyd by police, a majority of whites — 60 percent — see racism as a “big problem,” but 88 percent of blacks hold that view.
These differing levels of concern about racism reflect very different life experiences. CONT.
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill
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