This is another great Western lie. We’re actually evolved for cooperation, not individualism. In moments of stress and crisis we really see this come out. We’ve been around for a couple hundred thousand years or so, pretty much the way we are today.

He asked me to react to that. I suggested that rugged individualism is a European concept that asserts that a person’s destiny can be shaped by their willingness to work hard despite the perceived barriers. It implies that Black folks are lazy and unwilling to accept responsibility for their outcomes. It ignores the 450 years of hard, back-breaking