In 1963, the famed African-American author James Baldwin wrote “The Fire Next Time.” 

Every time there is a terrible racial “incident,” people have wondered if a fire was being lit which would defy extinguishment, that would not run its course until substantive societal changes had been accomplished.
Enter 2020. The virus has physically hurt minorities more than the white population. Unemployment and the lockdown have financially hurt minorities more than the white population. 

Stress and anxiety were already through the roof.
And then comes the public murder of George Floyd by a policeman, with three of his colleagues watching.
The ensuing fires, their frequency and their ferocity, can come as no surprise.  

Many whites have always socially distanced themselves from minorities, but if they think they need not be involved in this battle for a decent America that lives up to its stated ideals, they are mistaken. 

If we are not “together,” the country will be torn even more asunder than it already is.

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