Will it be different this time? Will we face our racism?

Will it be different this time? Will we face our racism?
Face it? Both sides embrace the question of race in identity politics, including those who identify as White Catholics. Will it ever be different? Only when we go beyond both capitalism and embrace cooperation in production, consumption, finance and human services. Until cooperation on all these levels is tried, we will be stuck doing the same things and making the same pious noises.

Sadly, the demands of the Shutdown movement, the environmental coordinating committee which has embraced the marches, are divisive and unrealistic. It is not enough to cite 400 years of White Supremacy and demand defunding the police. The economics behind that racism need to be laid bare. Most importantly, the  closing of mental health facilities in the 1970's must be undone. We need more money, not less. Demands that Non-Person 45 do something are even worse. The first demand should be that Vice President Pence and the Cabinet declare him disabled under the 25th Amendment. Until this happens, the entire movement is feeding NP45's ego.