Fear of losing white advantage prevents collective action for the public good

Evidence

It’s as if we’ve tossed aside any pretense to having a robust idea of the public good, because some are afraid that black people (or immigrants, or Muslims, or some other group) will threaten the advantage of white people. And that fear, along with greed and selfishness, has allowed us to let the country fall apart at the seams. One way to think about it all is that the value gap has clogged our national arteries; very little can pass through them. We’re lucky that the country is still standing. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 560