I really enjoyed this piece and the accompanying video. However, unless I’ve misunderstood something, it seems this one sentence: [From those who voted for Donald Trump to those who disagree with the 1619 project, black and brown folks who don’t align with the tenets of anti-racism “don’t count.”] is, itself, an example of the problem Quay has otherwise eloquently addressed. Not everyone who voted for Trump or who takes issue with the 1619 Project assumes that black and brown folks who reject the tenets of anti-racism “don’t count.” In fact, they are the kinds of people, like me (I voted for Trump in 2016 but voted for no presidential candidate in 2020 because I found them both to be dangerous, in different ways), who have, or will, find their way to FAIR. As Daryl and Quay said in the video, we must break down walls, and communicate, without making assumptions about people.