It feels like times are rough in America. It feels like race relations are rapidly approaching a boiling point.

When facing the race-related troubles this country is facing, we each should be asking two questions:

1. Is it really as bad as we think?

2. What can I do to help things get better?

Those two questions sum up everything we, as individuals, need to be considering. So let’s get specific…

1. Is it really as bad as we think?

The truth is, there’s no way to know for sure. We have no cho...