'Formation' Doesn’t Include Me — And That’s Just Fine

How many centuries were our black brothers and sisters relegated to the position of audience  —  the thrills of competitive sports, television and movie screens, even the petty dramas of middle class servitude demanding their attention? We gave them the role of witness to our stories without so much as a thought that they might have their own. Today those stories are rising to be told and though we may be the villain or not so much as a paragraph, if we listen, it will be our great joy to learn all that we have missed.