The Nightmare of the Newly Woke
Why We White People Need to Love One Another Through It
5 min readFeb 21, 2021
About this time last year, right before COVID-19 confined us to our homes and screens, I went to see activist and author Layla Saad on her book tour for “Me and White Supremacy.” The event, hosted by a local Black-owned bookstore, Uncle Bobbie’s, drew a primarily white audience. Sitting in the crowded church where…