Another great piece of writing! I think I’ll believe a real sea change is happening when I see my newly awokened White friends address anti-blackness rather than generic racism. It's pretty easy to be against prejudice in a general way. 

I have seen the fentanyl report as well. 

Not hooligans! How old are you? 97?

Well I appreciate that. I do tend to beat myself up. 

Of course he is

In the past few years I’ve tried to be conscientious about using “I” and “we” language rather than ranting at “fellow white women.” It’s much more powerful to say something like “I know I have been in scenarios where I felt safe knowing that the police would take my sideline a confrontation.” And that’s true, I have.…

Reading "We were eight years in power" did open my eyes. I knew nothing about that era. 

Yes

My facebook feed is suddenly full of BLM memes and pictures of Floyd and Amy Cooper from white people I have known for years who are suddenly very upset about racism. That’s good - right? I am always a little suspicious when something becomes zeitgeist. All of a sudden these people are enraged. Great. But I’ve been so…

I call them Republican classic. 

I get it! Sometimes I miss sarcasm and irony online because I’ve read three hundred comments and posts saying exactly the same thing unironically. No worries!

Yes, certainly! But most white people don't know that. 

Most of my white friends,  tbh

Yep.

Officer...officer... Officer... Overseer... Overseer... 

I Feel like it's 1992 again. 

I can't keep the cherry flavored ones around cause I'll eat them like candy. 

Nah, “African American.”

I feel bad for the dog. But not as badly as I do for black men against whom the police are weaponized. 

I made a comment on my Facebook that I was down with her losing her job and the public shaming and all that, but that I couldn’t imagine anything more devastating than having my pets taken away. My comments were full of my middle class, middle aged white female friends talking about how she was an abusive pet owner…