I find myself reflecting more than usual, which I attribute to recent events: The continued local Minneapolis, USA-wide, and global protests against racial inequality and institutionalized racism, The July 4th US holiday weekend celebrating the independence of USA as a county, in contrast to Juneteenth celebrating independence for all persons, Numerous companies, including SPS, replacing terms with racial etymology such as ‘master,’ ‘slave,’ ‘whitelist,’ and ‘blacklist,’ or completely changing or replacing brands and many more such as “teaching” our children remotely highlighting challenges with access to necessary tools and our education gap, the extreme polarization of politics and civil unrest, protests, Black Lives Matter, the list goes on…)