> nation to confront its collective guilt and responsibility for two centuries of slavery and a century of Jim Crow I reject collective guilt entirely. My ance

> nation to confront its collective guilt and responsibility for two centuries of slavery and a century of Jim Crow I reject collective guilt entirely. My ancestry is one of immigrating away from hardship, my great-grandparents were literally dirt poor, and despite it, my family has always been very cool and welcoming to people having a hard time of all backgrounds. I have no collective guilt, and reject the idea as counterproductive nonsense. I'll lend a hand if I can be of assistance to someone who has taken responsibility for their own life, but I think it's dangerous and perverse to let people like the author saddle you with guilt even if you've never been part of the problem, and always part of the solution. It's perverse - I encourage you to accept none of that guilt and shame and bad feelings they're peddling. None.