If you’re like many white Americans, the presence of an unfamiliar Black body may sometimes trigger an alarm in your lizard brain. This may be the case even if you’re a lifelong progressive who has many Black friends and relatives. If so, you need to get to work on healing and growing. Stop for a moment. Did your body recoil or constrict as you read the previous paragraph? If so, notice how reflexive that response was and how quickly it happened.
