OpEd: 'When we understand the foundational assumptions and experiences that shape our views, we can start to question the policies and systems so fundamental to our society.'
. I wanted to understand how certain family members could have views on justice that were so different from mine. And I felt as though our divide was emblematic of a national one.
My mother-in-law’s other source — TV news — is an even more common one among Americans. The sound of CNN is the background music for her life. On a recent visit to her house, I watched with her. The commentator was saying that bail reform was the cause of increased crime while he discussed a gruesome murder that had no connection to bail reform or anyone released on bail.
I questioned my mother-in-law’s instinct to see all Black people as equally positioned — another form of seeing Black people as a monolith. I pointed out that not all Black and brown people are facing the same struggle. That it is not just about choices, but circumstances: poverty, education, mental health, substance dependency, predatory policing, biased district attorneys, racist judges and lawmakers.
These family conversations, though dispiriting at times, make me think that reaching people like my mother-in-law is possible. I am not going to get very far by simply being another messenger. I cannot compete with the pastor and CNN. But I can ask questions — something these sources seldom do. I learned that, in some debates, it is not about who has the better facts or stories but getting to the core of why someone thinks the way that they do.
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