I had to marvel at how different Edwards and I were, basically opposites. He is a tall, older white guy who looks like his ancestors came over on the Mayflower. I’m short and brown, an immigrant from a country that the United States has basically been at war with for three decades. He resided in a place that was in the heart of the Confederacy. I lived so far north, it was practically Canada. He talked skeptically of government, while I believe in government’s capacity to help people—and even to remedy historic wrongs and injustices.
