Don't call it white power

 Don’t call it White Power. It’s White Shame driven by White Fear and unearned White Privilege. It’s fed by a soup of hate and anger, and it’s lost sight of our deep American values.

Covid has pulled the curtain on the America we have become. We were in pursuit of the happiness of freedom without responsibility, of consumerism, of empty spectacle, of celebrity worship, of material wealth. And we found mental health problems, depression, addiction and isolation. A mess.

We lost confidence in our institutions: churches, schools and government. We expected them to heal the crises in our own families.

But covid has also taught us that America is filled with countless, decent hard-working people, willing to sacrifice for the good of others. People for whom the pursuit of happiness is the good of others, and sharing, and seeking some spiritual fulfillment.

This America doesn’t get the same media attention as the violent haters, but this is where America will find its salvation.