"The gaps demand a wrenching, soul-searching excavation of our national soul, and the first step is to acknowledge that the central race challenge in America to

"The gaps demand a wrenching, soul-searching excavation of our national soul, and the first step is to acknowledge that the central race challenge in America today is not the suffering of whites." While true, this is misleading in that it points the reader in the wrong direction. The real cause is the same that facilitates expensive internet access with no competition, the crazy cost of education, the indiscriminate surveillance of citizens and foreigners, a militarized police and of course our arrogance on the international stage. The rich elite have a vested interest in this status quo. I don't see this changing in my lifetime.