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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where your neighbors\Ngreet your children by name,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place with splendid vistas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where you\Ncan drive just 20 minutes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put your sailboat on the water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a seductive place, isn't it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't live there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a 27,000 mile trip for two years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fastest-growing\Nand whitest counties in America.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a Whitopia?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I define Whitopia in three ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, a Whitopia has posted at least\Nsix percent population growth since 2000.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, the majority of that growth
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes from white migrants,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and third, the Whitopia has\Nan ineffable charm,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pleasant look and feel,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a je ne sais quoi.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To learn how and why\NWhitopias are ticking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I immersed myself\Nfor several months apiece
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in three of them:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, St. George, Utah;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and third, Forsyth County, Georgia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First stop, St. George,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a beautiful town of red rock landscapes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1850s, Brigham Young\Ndispatched families to St. George
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow cotton because\Nof the hot, arid climate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so they called it Utah's Dixie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the name sticks to this day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I approached my time in each Whitopia\Nlike an anthropologist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made detailed spreadsheets of all\Nthe power brokers in the communities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I needed to meet,\Nwhere I needed to be,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I threw myself with gusto\Nin these communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to zoning board meetings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Democratic clubs\Nand Republican clubs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to poker nights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In St. George, I rented\Na home at the Entrada,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the town's\Npremiere gated communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no Motel 6's\Nor Howard Johnsons for me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in Whitopia as a resident,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not like a visitor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I rented myself this home by phone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf is the perfect seductive\Nsymbol of Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I went on my journey,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had barely ever held a golf club.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I left, I was golfing\Nat least three times a week.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf helps people bond.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the best interviews I ever scored
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during my trip were on the golf courses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One venture capitalist, for example,\Ninvited me to golf
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his private club
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had no minority members.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also went fishing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I had never fished,\Nthis fellow had to teach me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to cast my line and what bait to use.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also played poker every weekend.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Texas Hold 'Em with a $10 buy-in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My poker mates may have been bluffing\Nabout the hands that they drew,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they weren't bluffing\Nabout their social beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the most raw,\Nsalty conversations I ever had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during my journey were at the poker table.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a gung ho entertainer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to cook, I hosted\Nmany dinner parties, and in return,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people invited me to their dinner parties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to their barbecues,\Nand to their pool parties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to their birthday parties.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't all fun.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immigration turned out to be\Na big issue in this Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The St. George's Citizens Council\Non Illegal Immigration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held regular and active protests\Nagainst immigration,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so what I gleaned from this Whitopia\Nis what a hot debate this would become.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a real time preview,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it has become.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next stop, Almost Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cabin I rented for myself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Coeur d'Alene, in the beautiful\Nnorth Idaho panhandle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I rented this place for myself\Nalso by phone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book "A Thousand Places\NTo See Before You Die"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lists Coeur d'Alene.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a gorgeous paradise\Nfor huntsmen, boatsmen, and fishermen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My growing golf skills\Ncame in handy in Coeur d'Alene.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I golf with retired LAPD cops.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1993, around 11,000 families\Nand cops fled Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the L.A. racial unrest\Nfor north Idaho,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they've built\Nan ex-patriated community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the conservatism of these cops,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no surprise that north Idaho\Nhas a strong gun culture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it is said, north Idaho\Nhas more gun dealers than gas stations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's a resident to do to fit in?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hit the gun club.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I rented a gun,\Nthe gentleman behind the counter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was perfectly pleasant and kind,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I showed him\Nmy New York City driver's license.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when he got nervous.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not as bad a shot\Nas I thought I might have been.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned from north Idaho
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the peculiar brand of paranoia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can permeate a community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when so many cops and guns are around.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In north Idaho, in my red pickup truck,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept a notepad,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that notepad I counted\Nmore Confederate flags than black people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In north Idaho, I found Confederate flags\Non keychains, on cellphone paraphernalia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on cars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About a seven minute drive\Nfrom my hidden lake cabin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the compound of Aryan Nations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the white supremacist group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America's Promise ministry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the religious arm of Aryan Nations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened to have a three day\Nretreat during my visit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I decided to crash it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the only non-Aryan journalist\NI'm aware of ever to have done so.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among the many memorable\Nepisodes of that retreat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when Abe, an Aryan,\Nsidled up next to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He slapped my knee, and he said, "Hey Rich,\NI just want you to know one thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not white supremacists.\NWe are white separatists.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't think we're better than you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just want to be away from you."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, most white people in Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are neither white supremacists\Nor white separatists.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they're not there\Nfor explicitly racial reasons at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, they emigrate there\Nfor friendliness, comfort,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,security, safety,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reasons that they implicitly\Nassociate to whiteness in itself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next stop was Georgia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Georgia, I stayed in an exurb\Nnorth of Atlanta.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Utah, I found poker.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Idaho, I found guns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Georgia, I found God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that I immersed myself\Nin this Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to become active\Nat First Redeemer Church,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a megachurch that's so huge\Nthat it has golf carts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to escort the congregants around\Nits many parking lots on campus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was active in the youth ministry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for me, personally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was more comfortable in this Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than say, in a Colorado, or an Idaho,\Nor even a suburban Boston.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is because here in Georgia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white people and black people are more\Nhistorically familiar to one another.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was less exotic in this Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does it all mean?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whitopian dreaming, Whitopia migration,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a push-pull phenomenon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of alarming pushes\Nand alluring pulls,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Whitopia operates at the level\Nof conscious and unconscious bias.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible for people to be in Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for racist reasons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though it has racist outcomes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Whitopians feel pushed by illegals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social welfare abuse, minorities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,density, crowded schools.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Whitopians feel pulled by merit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom, the allure of privatism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privatized places, privatized people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privatized things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I learned in Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how a country can have racism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without racists.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of my smug urban liberal friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn't believe I would go\Non such a venture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is that many white Americans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are affable and kind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interpersonal race relations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we treat each other as human beings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is vastly better than in\Nmy parents' generation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine me going\Nto Whitopia 40 years ago?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a journey that would have been.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet some things haven't changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America is as residentially
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and educationally segregated today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it was in 1970.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Americans, we often find ways\Nto cook for each other,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dance with each other,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to host with each other,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why can't that translate\Ninto how we treat each other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as communities?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a devastating irony,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we have gone forward as individuals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and backward as communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the Whitopian outlooks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really hit me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a proverbial saying:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One black man\Nis a delightful dinner guest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 black men is a ghetto."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the big contexts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animating my Whitopian journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the year 2042.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 2042, white people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will no longer be the American majority.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As such, will there be more Whitopias?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In looking at this,\Nthe danger of Whitopia is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the more segregation we have,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less we can look at and confront
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conscious and unconscious bias.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ventured on my two-year,\N27,000 mile journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn where, why, and how\Nwhite people are fleeing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't expect to have\Nso much fun on my journey.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't expect to learn\Nso much about myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't expect I'll be living\Nin a Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a Blacktopia, for that matter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do plan to continue golfing\Nevery chance I get.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll just have to leave the guns\Nand megachurches back in Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)