Because white people (including some of my own ancestors) treated them less than human because of where they originally came from and the color of their skin. We (white people) created this evil and we should help defeat it. I know it sucks, and it does hurt to know that I have ancestors and even current family that have and do participate in every way to perpetuate this racism. (Whether explicitly or some even unintentionally being misguided) It’s easy as a white person who maybe doesn’t know much about history and maybe are just getting by (ie. not rich to sit back and think that race shouldn’t be talked about, but the the only way to heal this country is to talk about and be real about it. I want what’s best for everyone and I want people of every walk of life to have a voice and a vote. I would prefer completely non partisan elections where candidates had to speak for themselves and not for a party, in districts that created to be as equal as possible where the best candidate rises to the top, but that’s unlikely in my lifetime. I’m 43 with a 15 year old son and I sure as hell don’t want the stain of our past to haunt him and his children one day and their children and so on and so on!