The reason why you need constant reminders someone isn't the right person for you is because you keep living in the past. Find the strength to move forward, not backward.
While it's perfectly fine to be nostalgic for your childhood, don't live in the past or you will prevent yourself from growing, learning, and moving forward.
create a new narrative about what does america look like, as mara says, in a multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial society and what does that mean for both our institutions, forms of democracy and how we interact? and until we turn that corner and don t long for something years ago what it used to be like and look for a quick if i can, a quick fix, we need to find what america looks like in the 21st century and get to that america i think all of us long for and want, let go of the past, and have a vision of the future we can walk for toward the horizon. lots of words for that, taking the leap and trusting there will be something on the other side but i think you guys put a voice to what i know i hear people really struggle with. matt dowd and mara gay, you are both treasures. thank you both for opening up with us here today.