When I first heard about the irresolvable blue dress versus brown dress dispute, I assumed it was an outlier. I didn’t realize that it was the template for every social issue going forward.

We now have a world where many of us see decades of commendable racial progress based on MLK’s urge that we treat each other based on content of character, not color of skin. On the other side are many other people who consider themselves to be “white” who claim to have experienced an epiphany over the past year. They see themselves as drenched in guilt because they have been blindly perpetuating the mentality of slave-holders. Is there any possible way to bridge this gap?

I believe that Thomas Chatterton Williams has nailed it: Speak only for yourself based only on your own life, your own choices and your own experience. If you’ve been a lifelong closet racist, such as Robin DiAngelo, then, yes, it’s time to come clean. I suspect there are more than a few such people But don’t pretend that you can speak for anyone else. Don’t pretend that it has been impossible to treat everyone else as individuals.Don’t pretend that it is a rare thing. Don’t pretend that everyone else inevitably sees people as “colors” and treats them in stereotypical ways. If you recently had a revelation that you are a racist, go fix yourself and quit projecting your dysfunctional mindset onto everyone else. As part of your healing process, you might want to read Thomas Chatterton Williams’ excellent book: Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race.

[Added June 27]

Speaking of Robin DiAngelo . . . She wrote a best selling book that Woke ideologists celebrated. The Woke Temple has destroyed DiAngelo on Twitter by merely quoting her words.