i think it s actually going to be essential. often this is put aside as a secondary issue, but i think given where the country is right now and the way in which race has moved front and center, both with the reemergence of white nationalism at many levels of american society and also with the ongoing issues of how race plays out in our institutions like the criminal justice ma system, this is part of what 2020 is about and i think the democrats have an advantage, not just their electoral, but the actual field speaks to the person answering the question. at this point, the democratic party is offering an answer through the candidates in terms of how we move to a different place, so i don t think it s something they can shy away from and i don t think they will in the end. wes, do you see that burden or responsibility, however you want to put it, will be on the shoulders of all the democratic candidates or particularly is it