During the January 6th hearing held yesterday, July 12th, 2022, it was both refreshing and exceedingly disturbing to see the direct ties between White political and legal authority figures and White extremist groups and their members. It was refreshing because these unconscionable sociopathic displays were put on center stage for the world to see. It was disturbing, because these attitudes and nature consists within many of the legal and political figures who control our halls of power across America, throughout various cities, counties, and states.

By American (White American) academic/educational, economic, institutional standards, these individuals represent the best of the best. They have been and continue to be defined and regarded as “prominent”, “educated”, “reasonable”, “talented”, “successful”, “upstanding”, “strong”, “courageous” people; along with being linked to all other positive associative terms. As I write in my book, inherent within this country is the lack of interrogation into White criminality, White…