While we were sleeping, poll workers continued counting. This very close race lets us know just what we are dealing with. In Isabel Wilkerson‘s tremendous book, Caste, she lays out the underlying issues clearly. Through her lens, I see the old ways attempting to cling to the power they no longer have.
Simultaneously, illness rates are escalating. Businesses in our area continue to slowly reopen, even as more boards go up in the windows to protect shopkeepers from vandalism and looting. As both of these issues continue to plague our land, I celebrate the voters who stood in long lines, facing the elements to cast their ballots as well as the volunteers who count each vote.
Would you like to understand more completely why this race is so close? Have you read Caste yet? Ki to Happiness counts each voter and poll worker among the victors today.