If my life is to have meaning in a fractured and polarized United States, I must acknowledge the legacy of racism that has brought me to this moment and that underlies my own attitudes.
I have a responsibility to hold myself to account for my own racism.
This memoir is my attempt to do so.
I have tried to see clearly the racism that formed me and its continuation into the present.
Only by becoming conscious can I change and contribute to a more just society.