With the direction things seem to be going, I'm not as confident about your 2040 hopes. On a return trip from Florida we booked a room in Florence, SC for the

With the direction things seem to be going, I'm not as confident about your 2040 hopes. On a return trip from Florida we booked a room in Florence, SC for the night. Everybody was staring at me, but I was exhausted and figured that it was just in my head. We ate breakfast there the next morning and that's when I realized that we were the only white people there. About 50% of the population of Florence is black. It was an interesting experience, and it gave me the opportunity to understand a fraction of how it would feel if the roles were reversed. And this was with friendly people with no malicious intent or fear!