I was a classic white moderate. I was never openly racist. I was generally nice. I did not make a habit of using the n-word. And it’s true that “one of my best friends was black.” I sat behind him in first grade, and...
How Not to be a Sectarian: Ten (Not So) Easy Practices
“A sectarian is one who defends everything his party holds or that will help his party, and opposes all that his party does not hold or that will injure the strength and popularity of his party. The partisan takes it for granted everything his party holds is right, and everything the other party holds is wrong and to be opposed…. He sees no good in the other party. He sees no wrong in his own party…”