No. of Recommendations: 3
Reckonings can be painful. No doubt.
The alternative is to allow the unjust systems to continue, or to reassert unjust systems that we thought we were leaving behind- as Trump is currently attempting- not only in matters of race, but class, sex and economy as well.
These might not be alternatives, though. It might not be possible to actually have a reckoning against majority groups in a democratic system. If you try to impose painful things against the majority, they'll vote you out of office.
It's one thing if you're able to credibly persuade the majority that a reckoning is necessary and just. But if you aren't able to do that, trying to impose a reckoning on a group that thinks it's neither necessary nor fair is a recipe for electoral disaster.
