Wright Thompson

I went with him to the African-American History Museum.

They let us in before it opened.

And we went down and he went in and sort of paid his respects at the Emmett Till exhibit.

And then he walked out of there and like he couldn't even talk, man.

He was just making noises.

And when he could finally talk again, the first thing he said was, we can't let people forget.

I would love somebody to explain to me what the difference is.

I mean, I obviously know what I think.

I don't think there is one.

But I would love for someone to try to explain to me what they see as the difference between critical race theory and just black history.

What's the difference?

It feels like there's very much a war on black history going on, which is a war on American history.

And I don't really understand what the problem is with teaching about Emmett Till.

Which is absurd, which is, you know, they're not wrong about that.

That's absurd.

And what I would say to him is only someone who already hates themselves could be convinced to hate themselves by just learning about some history.

I love my family.

I used to think there were good people and bad people around these issues.

And now I sort of understand that they're just brave people and cowards.

And, you know, I have family members who were brave.