My gut tells me this is different. After a lifetime watching and protesting incidents of racial injustice and hatred, I feel like it’s possible, just possible, we may have reached a point where real change can be sustained.
Like the rest of America and now the world, I have been outraged by the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. I watch the huge protests. I am encouraged by the athletes, coaches, teams and leagues that have raised their voices with strong calls for an attack on racism and hate.
More than ever before I see very diverse crowds in those demonstrations and I hear white people talking about listening to people of color.