Glenn Singleton

And I think it's, it's fitting that that's where we're going because I'm,

Before we even think about the great society and the civil rights movement and, you know, gaining insights from that past, we have to do the first work of looking inward.

Right.

And and we have to ask that simple question of, you know, what impact does race have on my life and what impact does my race have on my life?

Right.

And as I look around my community, how is race playing out there?

So that when I come talk to you and Kamal, I'm already at that place of racial introspection.

And my consciousness is moving me beyond the first trappings of defensiveness and fear and all of those things that we've been given about this topic to, whoa, there's some power here.

Right.

And so 30 years ago, I was looking at all of these disparities in education.

I have worked in corporate and advertising.

And so I'm seeing that that we are just not reflected in the goodies of society at the same proportion that we live in this society.

And so for me, the equitable future, the mark of racial equity is when we start to see ourselves proportionately represented in all the good stuff.

Right.

All the good stuff.

And so so if you can walk around society and say, hey, that's good.

Right.

To be on a board.

Hey, that's good to be CEO.

Hey, that's good to be at the top of the class when I graduate or to go off to the college of my choice.