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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.02,0:00:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.83,0:00:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where your neighbors\Ngreet your children by name,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.52,0:00:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place with splendid vistas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.72,0:00:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where you\Ncan drive just 20 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.04,0:00:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put your sailboat on the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.71,0:00:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a seductive place, isn't it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.31,0:00:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't live there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.19,0:00:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- (Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.68,0:00:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I did journey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.74,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a 27,000 mile trip for two years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.74,0:00:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fastest-growing\Nand whitest counties in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.28,0:00:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a Whitopia?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.84,0:00:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I define Whitopia in three ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.95,0:00:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, a Whitopia has posted at least\Nsix percent population growth since 2000.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.47,0:00:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, the majority of that growth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.05,0:00:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes from white migrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.18,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and third, the Whitopia has\Nan ineffable charm,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.25,0:01:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pleasant look and feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.83,0:01:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a je ne sais quoi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.92,0:01:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.61,0:01:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To learn how and why\NWhitopias are ticking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.56,0:01:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I immersed myself\Nfor several months apiece
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.48,0:01:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in three of them:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.34,0:01:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, St. George, Utah;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.05,0:01:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.49,0:01:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and third, Forsyth County, Georgia.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.62,0:01:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First stop, St. George,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.09,0:01:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a beautiful town of red rock landscapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.48,0:01:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1850s, Brigham Young\Ndispatched families to St. George
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.63,0:01:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow cotton because\Nof the hot, arid climate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.11,0:01:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so they called it Utah's Dixie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.53,0:01:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the name sticks to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.10,0:01:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I approached my time in each Whitopia\Nlike an anthropologist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.37,0:01:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made detailed spreadsheets of all\Nthe power brokers in the communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.85,0:02:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I needed to meet,\Nwhere I needed to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.31,0:02:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I threw myself with gusto\Nin these communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.70,0:02:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to zoning board meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.92,0:02:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Democratic clubs\Nand Republican clubs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.61,0:02:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to poker nights.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.72,0:02:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In St. George, I rented\Na home at the Entrada,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.11,0:02:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the town's\Npremiere gated communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.29,0:02:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no Motel 6's\Nor Howard Johnsons for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.54,0:02:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in Whitopia as a resident,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.26,0:02:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not like a visitor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.100,0:02:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I rented myself this home by phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.45,0:02:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.49,0:02:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf is the perfect seductive\Nsymbol of Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.76,0:02:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I went on my journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.62,0:02:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had barely ever held a golf club.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.76,0:02:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I left, I was golfing\Nat least three times a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.54,0:03:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.23,0:03:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf helps people bond.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.13,0:03:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the best interviews I ever scored
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.80,0:03:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during my trip were on the golf courses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.75,0:03:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One venture capitalist, for example,\Ninvited me to golf
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.24,0:03:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his private club
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.21,0:03:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had no minority members.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.69,0:03:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also went fishing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.41,0:03:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I had never fished,\Nthis fellow had to teach me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.52,0:03:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to cast my line and what bait to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.100,0:03:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also played poker every weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.90,0:03:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Texas Hold 'Em with a $10 buy-in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.03,0:03:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My poker mates may have been bluffing\Nabout the hands that they drew,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.44,0:03:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they weren't bluffing\Nabout their social beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.60,0:03:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the most raw,\Nsalty conversations I ever had
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.18,0:03:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during my journey were at the poker table.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.08,0:03:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a gung ho entertainer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.98,0:03:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to cook, I hosted\Nmany dinner parties, and in return,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.97,0:04:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people invited me to their dinner parties,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.43,0:04:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to their barbecues,\Nand to their pool parties,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.03,0:04:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to their birthday parties.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.35,0:04:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't all fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.21,0:04:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immigration turned out to be\Na big issue in this Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.20,0:04:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The St. George's Citizens Council\Non Illegal Immigration
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.48,0:04:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held regular and active protests\Nagainst immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.70,0:04:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so what I gleaned from this Whitopia\Nis what a hot debate this would become.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.81,0:04:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a real time preview,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.20,0:04:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it has become.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.13,0:04:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next stop, Almost Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.73,0:04:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cabin I rented for myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.38,0:04:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Coeur d'Alene, in the beautiful\Nnorth Idaho panhandle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.06,0:04:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I rented this place for myself\Nalso by phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.24,0:04:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book "A Thousand Places\NTo See Before You Die"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.94,0:04:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lists Coeur d'Alene.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.63,0:05:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a gorgeous paradise\Nfor huntsmen, boatsmen, and fishermen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.23,0:05:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My growing golf skills\Ncame in handy in Coeur d'Alene.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.20,0:05:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I golf with retired LAPD cops.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.70,0:05:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1993, around 11,000 families\Nand cops fled Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.90,0:05:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the L.A. racial unrest\Nfor north Idaho,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.89,0:05:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they've built\Nan ex-patriated community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.91,0:05:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the conservatism of these cops,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.88,0:05:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no surprise that north Idaho\Nhas a strong gun culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.24,0:05:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it is said, north Idaho\Nhas more gun dealers than gas stations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.60,0:05:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's a resident to do to fit in?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.95,0:05:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hit the gun club.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.20,0:05:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I rented a gun,\Nthe gentleman behind the counter
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.94,0:05:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was perfectly pleasant and kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.93,0:05:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I showed him\Nmy New York City driver's license.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.84,0:05:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when he got nervous.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.81,0:06:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not as bad a shot\Nas I thought I might have been.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.31,0:06:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned from north Idaho
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.70,0:06:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the peculiar brand of paranoia
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.56,0:06:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can permeate a community
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.32,0:06:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when so many cops and guns are around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.27,0:06:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In north Idaho, in my red pickup truck,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.00,0:06:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept a notepad,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.86,0:06:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that notepad I counted\Nmore Confederate flags than black people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.64,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In north Idaho, I found Confederate flags\Non keychains, on cellphone paraphernalia,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.93,0:06:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About a seven minute drive\Nfrom my hidden lake cabin
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.27,0:06:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the compound of Aryan Nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.13,0:06:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the white supremacist group.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.35,0:06:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America's Promise ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.68,0:06:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the religious arm of Aryan Nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.25,0:07:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened to have a three day\Nretreat during my visit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.73,0:07:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I decided to crash it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.12,0:07:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.33,0:07:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the only non-Aryan journalist\NI'm aware of ever to have done so.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.51,0:07:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among the many memorable\Nepisodes of that retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.20,0:07:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when Abe, an Aryan,\Nsidled up next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.98,0:07:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He slapped my knee, and he said, "Hey Rich,\NI just want you to know one thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.48,0:07:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not white supremacists.\NWe are white separatists.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.03,0:07:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't think we're better than you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.98,0:07:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just want to be away from you."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.07,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.25,0:07:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, most white people in Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.13,0:07:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are neither white supremacists\Nor white separatists.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.75,0:07:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they're not there\Nfor explicitly racial reasons at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.05,0:07:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, they emigrate there\Nfor friendliness, comfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.16,0:07:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,security, safety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.15,0:08:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reasons that they implicitly\Nassociate to whiteness in itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.14,0:08:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next stop was Georgia.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.23,0:08:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Georgia, I stayed in an exurb\Nnorth of Atlanta.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.01,0:08:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Utah, I found poker.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.90,0:08:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Idaho, I found guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.78,0:08:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Georgia, I found God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.47,0:08:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that I immersed myself\Nin this Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.63,0:08:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to become active\Nat First Redeemer Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.69,0:08:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a megachurch that's so huge\Nthat it has golf carts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.03,0:08:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to escort the congregants around\Nits many parking lots on campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.91,0:08:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was active in the youth ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.44,0:08:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for me, personally,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.50,0:08:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was more comfortable in this Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.24,0:08:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than say, in a Colorado, or an Idaho,\Nor even a suburban Boston.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.79,0:08:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is because here in Georgia,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.07,0:08:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white people and black people are more\Nhistorically familiar to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.99,0:09:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was less exotic in this Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.82,0:09:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does it all mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.00,0:09:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whitopian dreaming, Whitopia migration,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.90,0:09:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a push-pull phenomenon,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.48,0:09:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of alarming pushes\Nand alluring pulls,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.75,0:09:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Whitopia operates at the level\Nof conscious and unconscious bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.81,0:09:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible for people to be in Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.04,0:09:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for racist reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.13,0:09:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though it has racist outcomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.80,0:09:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Whitopians feel pushed by illegals,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.60,0:09:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social welfare abuse, minorities,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.85,0:09:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,density, crowded schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.85,0:09:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Whitopians feel pulled by merit,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.28,0:09:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom, the allure of privatism,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.54,0:09:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privatized places, privatized people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.02,0:09:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privatized things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.46,0:09:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I learned in Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.36,0:10:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how a country can have racism
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.12,0:10:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without racists.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.35,0:10:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of my smug urban liberal friends
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.07,0:10:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn't believe I would go\Non such a venture.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.41,0:10:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is that many white Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.80,0:10:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are affable and kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.80,0:10:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interpersonal race relations,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.91,0:10:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we treat each other as human beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.49,0:10:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is vastly better than in\Nmy parents' generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.13,0:10:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine me going\Nto Whitopia 40 years ago?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.26,0:10:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a journey that would have been.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.16,0:10:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet some things haven't changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.86,0:10:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America is as residentially
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.43,0:10:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and educationally segregated today
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.13,0:10:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it was in 1970.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.42,0:10:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Americans, we often find ways\Nto cook for each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.72,0:10:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dance with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.77,0:10:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to host with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.88,0:10:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why can't that translate\Ninto how we treat each other
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.78,0:11:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as communities?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.69,0:11:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a devastating irony,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.80,0:11:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we have gone forward as individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.52,0:11:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and backward as communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.03,0:11:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the Whitopian outlooks
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.26,0:11:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really hit me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.00,0:11:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a proverbial saying:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.49,0:11:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One black man\Nis a delightful dinner guest,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.97,0:11:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 black men is a ghetto."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.91,0:11:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the big contexts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.84,0:11:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animating my Whitopian journey
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.39,0:11:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the year 2042.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.90,0:11:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 2042, white people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.59,0:11:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will no longer be the American majority.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.42,0:11:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As such, will there be more Whitopias?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.81,0:11:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In looking at this,\Nthe danger of Whitopia is
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.71,0:11:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the more segregation we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.59,0:12:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less we can look at and confront
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.00,0:12:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conscious and unconscious bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.28,0:12:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ventured on my two-year,\N27,000 mile journey
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.37,0:12:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn where, why, and how\Nwhite people are fleeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.87,0:12:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't expect to have\Nso much fun on my journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.91,0:12:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't expect to learn\Nso much about myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.16,0:12:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't expect I'll be living\Nin a Whitopia
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.90,0:12:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a Blacktopia, for that matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.06,0:12:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do plan to continue golfing\Nevery chance I get.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.73,0:12:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll just have to leave the guns\Nand megachurches back in Whitopia.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.55,0:12:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.66,0:12:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)