dangerous, if they re the wrong kinds of ideas but what do you think in your books people are afraid of? well, i think people have been misled into believing that the problem isn t racism, isn t racial inequality, isn t racial injustice, the problem are those people who are speaking out against racial inequity, and injustice, and racism, that they are the problem, that indeed, they re anti-white, and i think people believe this white nationalist sort of talking point that those of us who are striving to create equity and justice for all, whether it s been race or class or gender or sexuality, that somehow we re the problem and of course books reveal the true problem, it reveals it to young and old people, and for whatever reason, people want to stop that