In this June 3, 2020, file photo, demonstrators gather at a rally to protest and demand an end to
institutional racism and police brutality, in Portland, Maine. In a nation founded on whiteness, experts
share perspective on whether it can be discussed. If white people want the future to be different, said
Rev. Susan Chorley, a Boston area pastor, they have to be willing to look at the past and the present.
"I think it’s on us," she said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)