We can’t expect empathy to last, and many of the issues we see of racism and inequality in society are not just problems of empathy but rather structural inequality, says Zaki in an interview with NPR. “But one thing that I think we can do is use the empathic momentum we have to make sure that we’re creating policies that put Black and brown voices in positions of leadership and in high-profile positions in our culture, because one way to practice empathy is to hear from people who are different from you on a regular basis.”
