In case anyone thinks that this is a new thing, we had a white-only freshman orientation session at a University of California campus, led by a black woman who

In case anyone thinks that this is a new thing, we had a white-only freshman orientation session at a University of California campus, led by a black woman who lectured on the history of slavery and ongoing racism. As a hands-on demonstration she led us all in several rounds of Simon Says, in which she ordered us to do things like stand on one foot, and reflect on what it would be like to have to obey or die. This was in the spring of 1980.