Progressives always demand we 'do the work' on racism—so why does it never work?

A big part of the critical race theory undertaking, the 1619 Project, diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the movement (lowercase) of black lives matter, and increasing diverse representation in culture is to make sure people talk about race, acknowledge it, and try, as a whole society, to do the work to overcome racism.

As so much of our discourse moved online to live video calls during 2020 it's become apparent that we are doing the work. We are doing it nearly constantly. Whether we are children or adults, at school or in the workplace, we are thinking about race. We are thinking about our relationships to race, thinking further about the relationship of our race to the race of others, and even more we have been thinking about how we think about our relationship to race and our race's relationship to race.

Documents revealed that at Disney, Lockheed Martin, Sandia Labs, Coca-Cola, and in state and federal agencies across the country, employers have been endeavoring to make sure their employees really get down and think about this stuff. Bosses of all stripes have been signing on with third party contractors, hiring diversity, equity and inclusion specialists, and really digging in to making sure they have an antiracist workforce and workplace.