... if white folk are serious about the siege of ignorance coming to an end, the sort of ignorance that helped to end (Sandra Bland's) life, then they've got to put themselves into uncomfortable circumstances; they must reject the comfort of ignoring the raw Black truth that Black folk must live with. Such learning doesn't happen overnight; it can't be done in CliffsNotes version of Black identity. White brothers and sisters must deliberately expose themselves to experiences that force them to grow. They've got to swim in the pools of our thoughts and expressions, our resistance and rebellion, our tragedies and traumas, our arguments and disagreements, our joys and affections, our love and happiness.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, Long Time Coming, p. 192
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