The nation, especially our commander-in-chief, just got a lesson on how to talk about race and racism, especially when it comes to written racial slurs directed at African-American students.
You face the public immediately and directly. You don’t play politics.
You don’t say there were many fine people on both sides.
Heaven forbid, you don’t comment on diction or grammar.
You simply confront the situation head on with the outrage expected of the moral leader of our country and you show the path for everyone to follow.
You share your vision of what’s right, and pave the way for anyone within earshot.
And then when you finish, you tell anyone who can’t understand, won’t understand or simply doesn’t believe in your vision to “get out.”
