Accent on the "former". And it's a good thing too. Morally empty people make bad friends.

The more I discovered about the history of Americans of color, the more appalled I was.

And the more I realized it was untold. Yes, I did hear about the Tulsa Race Massacre before it got trendy - but decades after I had moved to America. No points for me.

Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States of America" filled in a lot of these holes for me.

I could write volumes. Thanks for your kind words.