I did, David, very much. Some of your commenters missed the point- at least this is one that I gleaned- that as with all things human, there are many, many subtleties when it comes to how we see and experience one another. While the broader brush of racism applies in many cases, "placeism" is another, more subtle but still very important aspect of how people are threatened. You could pull that out further, such as "a woman's place," which is part of what so many deeply threatened White boys are horrified about not only a woman but a Black woman on the Supreme Court. Horror of horrors. If you will, when I listened to Lindsay Graham embarrass himself throroughly by playing the public victim during these hearings, I couldn't help but remember Jeff Sessions' squriming under the gaze of Kamala Harris. There are few things in the world, David, that a redneck White Southerner fears more than a powerful, well-educated, confident Black woman. You're damned right. For good reason. Such people threaten the balance of power, and "the way things should be." I fear I will not be around to witness it but in part due to the work I've been able to do around Black PhD students, the future of this country is in the hands of those very men and women simply because they have had to do four times the work to even be considered. For my part there is something deeply satisfying watching extraordinary Black women rise and rise and rise. The first will pay a price, the first always do. But the first take the machetes out to cut the path. My opinion is only that, for what it's worth. But I continue to hold out great hope.