I love this post. 25 years ago, I left my civil rights law practice for a career in television. I thought, “I can reach more hearts and minds in front of a camera than in front of a jury box.” And that was true. But I immediately learned that any time I said ANY thing about race, people came for me. Viewers, colleagues, bosses. People. My fellow Americans. One (straight, white, male) executive encouraged me to change my perspective—tack to the right, become pro-prosecution, more law-and-order to sustain my career. I wouldn’t do it. Another, after a 9/11 story about a family that fought the odds to make it out of that horrific first 48-hours in tact said, “Great story. But the main characters are so brown.” Another screening about a homeless man who was in search of his lost twin sister brought tears to everyone’s eyes but similar concerns about our main character—a young African American man. (We ran the story. It was a huge success. Oprah picked it up. He wrote a book. The rest is history.) suffice it to say, I survived but I did not thrive. My efforts to champIon race & justice have been the single greatest reason I became a journalist—and the hardest part of doing the work with integrity & honesty. The topic of race is the great divide in this country. But I believe to my core that we have to speak our truth about it. Without truth, justice will never see the light of day. Thank you, again for your story and your commitment.