Self-segregation is the biggest lie in the United States narrative. The idea perpetuates itself as a myth insisting that there is some truth behind the color lines. Let me be clear, there is not.

It’s a great place to eat lunch and rest under the Oak trees which provide ample shade in the summer. Within the park sits an empty cement block – you most likely would not notice it, unless you knew it was there. Up until this summer there was a statue of Josephus Daniels who was an American newspaper editor. In fact his statue faces east where right across the street, the Raleigh News and Observer is located where Daniels worked for many years. He was appointed by US president Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. He became a close friend and supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and was appointed by Roosevelt to be the Ambassador of Mexico.

Among the rioters storming the Capitol Building were believers in Q Anon, members of The Proud Boys, The Oath Keepers, and other followers of groups who have white supremacist beliefs or who subscribe to wild conspiracy theories.  The nation looked in horror as our fellow citizens trashed the Capitol and sought out elected leaders to abduct.  Many of us responded with confusion and incredulity, not understanding how so many fellow Americans could be duped by what has become known as “the big lie.”