My guess is what he means is essentially this: if you’re walking down a busy city street and you see hundreds of people - white, black, Asian, whatever - none of them register. But if one of them trips, falls, and is writhing in pain - white, black, Asian, whatever - they’re no longer nameless, faceless nonentities -they’re somebody who could be you. And most of us would then stop and help out.
And I think that extrapolates to social controversies: if it’s the usual carping and moaning (”that’s racism”) we don’t even let it register; but if it is a true racial injustice and we can do something, most of us would.
Good explanation.
I believe that too. Most people.
A long time ago, my co-worker was walking into SF City Hall when Mayor Dianne Feinstein was coming the opposite direction down the hallway and she tripped. My co-worker caught her, preventing her from getting injured. Us being conservatives, we reflected on it afterwards, and would do it again. Today, I'm not so sure!