I second this. As a black person, I'm fully aware of how many whites have downplayed, and continue to downplay, institutional racism within this country. It doesn't surprise me that Susan Collins, an elderly white woman who lives in a state that is well over 90% white, would be so ignorant on such issues. Fortunately, it looks like Maine is going to give her a pink slip in less than a week, after a quarter of a century.
What kind of systemic racism is there in Maine?
Why are the majority of people in Maine State Prison Black when Black people make up around 2% of the population?
Why did white Mark Cardilli get seven years for shooting a Black man in the back?
Why did Paul LePage get to be Governor here for eight years?
