And I might posit here that all those White folk with Token Black Friends have retreated, not only because what they discovered was (awkward) their blindness (embarrassing) and the real work going forward (is too fucking hard to bear). As in, helping Black folks bear the burden they have already borne for four centuries. Allyship, Rebecca, is blood sweat and tears. As a society, we White folks are willing to put in blood sweat and tears if it gets us something a lot more important to us individually (like a new widescreen) than a just society. Call my cynical, but my bet?I am likely more than half right.