The great and unholy terror of every racist American, indeed, but a future nonetheless, like it or not, and the kind of reckoning that scares the holy shit out of a great many Americans, Allison. When Black Excellence, which has always been a fact of life, is so obvious, so widespread, so undeniable and all pervasive (and let's continue that journey, shall we, with a Black woman on the Supreme Court?), those who are in such denial might just have to face up to facts. I doubt they will, given the level of disbelief of their own mediocrity. But McConnell spoke for the Terrified Whites. There was never any question. It was simply a question of who was going to say it aloud first.