John

I enjoyed your rant. As a white person the only thing I disagree with is that I am complicit with the racial crime any less than you (you imply you are not). I will not go over what I agree with, that would just summarize the rest of your statement. I do not write as well as you, and so I will not try.

The two party system, the shrinking middle class, stagnant wages, the top 10% owning more than the rest of the 90% combined … those facts are how I deduce my position from my white upper middle class up bringing and too much education as the root cause of our “system.” The system wants everyone to stay where they are at, so the rich can get richer. Race — unfortunately — is just one aspect that system manipulates. If it was the only thing, MLK might have ended racism.